Recipes for the Chinese New Year

If your regular ol’ New Year’s celebration lacked gastronomic luster, the beginning of the new lunar year in China — the Year of the Dragon — is an opportunity to redeem yourself. Wine columnist Dave McIntyre steps a little outside his regular territory this week with a profile of chef Peter Chang , who shared two Chinese recipes with us, Dry-Fried Eggplant and Spicy Lamb Chops . Here are some ...

Chinese New Year feasts

Although many of the traditional New Year's dishes are fairly elaborate and time consuming to prepare, here are eight dishes (remember eight is lucky!) that are adaptable for the Western-style kitchen.

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Cooking Revolutionary Chinese Food

Although I admit we focused on the delicious dishes at hand -- every one of them a tasty treat -- we also discussed China then and now. It was rich family experience on many fronts.

Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Bryant Terry -- An Inspired Vegan Brings It Back To The Table

Bryant Terry, food justice activist, eco-chef and host of the web show Urban Organic, wants you to come to the table. With his new book The Inspired Vegan, he lures you there with tortillas with Swiss chard, currants and spicy guacamole, savory grits with sauteed broad beans, roasted fennel and thyme, tofu with peanuts roasted in chili oil, and other recipes that deliver big pleasure in plant ...

Food Dude takes sweet and sour chicken to a new level

The Food Dude Dave Cathey shares a recipe for sweet and sour chicken so simple and delicious you'll quit ordering takeout.

'Cultural Revolution Cookbook': A Taste Of Humanity

A new book combines the memories and culinary skills of one Chinese political dissident who lived through the country's Cultural Revolution. Since food was rationed, Sasha Gong learned to cook with whatever she could find. "There's something about humanity," she says. "It's hard to suppress."