For the Fang family of San Francisco, navigating the week-long Chinese New Year is typically a dizzying experience. Between their two restaurants, Chinatown’s historic House of Nanking, owned by Peter ...

“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 ...

Prepare your steamer. I use a 30 cm (12 inch) wok with a steamer insert or trivet to handle the dish. If your pan is not that big, use smaller dishes and divide the rice cake recipe in half. Make sure ...