In the Taiwanese village where my wife grew up, three or four of the burliest men made the traditional New Year cake called nian gao (“year cake”). Bent over a cavernous wok, they gripped wooden ...

Millions will welcome the Year of the Fire Horse on Tuesday and say goodbye to the Year of the Wood Snake with traditional ...

Bleeding Cool: What was it that excited you about helping to bring the story of 'Nian' to life? Li: Chinese mythology has a lot of beasts and creatures I was fascinated by. As a Chinese, 'Nian' was ...

As a child, I loved to sit next to the stove and watch my grandmother Paw Paw Hing cook. During Chinese New Year she would be busy making dozens of traditional new year cakes called Nein Gao. The ...