Active Work time is 15 minutes. Total preparation time is 45 minutes. “To celebrate the coming of the New Year, the Chinese prepare certain foods because they have a specific meaning. Whole fish ...

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo’s new “My Grandmother’s Chinese Kitchen: 100 Family Recipes and Life Lessons” is a beautiful book. As an object, it’s charming, though not in a coffee-table or chef-opus way. The ...

Ginger, soy sauce and scallions flavor this Chinese Steamed Fish meal. The food takes only minutes to cook, but the chopping and cutting to prepare ingredients can be time-consuming. This recipe has ...

“To be perfectly frank,” Ling-ya Lee, who came to Los Angeles from Taiwan in 1989, says of her Chinese New Year preparations, “I rarely make dumplings anymore.” Given the high quality of ready-made ...

There are many traditional foods eaten for the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, but one of the most impressive looking is a whole steamed fish. Fish is considered a lucky food for this holiday as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most Americans consider the new year to start on January 1. But for many Asians and Asian-Americans, that’s not the case. Lunar ...

Light, delicate, and packed with umami—Chef Billy Parisi shows how to make steamed fish the authentic Chinese way. Fresh herbs and savory sauce take it over the top. Trump speaks out about his health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. January 29 marks the start of the new year on the Lunar calendar — this year, the Year of the Snake. Lunar New Year is celebrated ...

I am not sure where I tasted this classic dish for the first time. It might have been on my early trips to Asia in the 1970s. I have often wondered whether I first savored the perfect pairing of ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Chinese New Year is just around the ...