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84Wok cooking: A guide to buying and cooking with a wok
by Princessa
Wok cooking is one of the healthiest ways to cook. Here you will find advice on how to choose your first wok, how to take care of it and some basic recipes to get you started on Oriental cooking. published 9 months ago
87Chinese Couplets
by jim.sheng
Chinese couplets are normally written on vertical strips of red paper in the best calligraphic style one can muster. The first (called upper) line is posted on the right side of the front door. The second... published 12 months ago
81In the Year of the Golden Pig, hopes run high on the hog
by harziz
Better skip the bacon -- at least until 2008. This is the Year of the Golden Pig, which comes once every 600 years, bestowing extra helpings of wealth and good fortune, according to Chinese astrology. ... published 2 years ago
83Chinese New Year Custom of Lai See Gifts
by Chuck
Lai See is the custom of giving a gift of money in a special red envelope during the New Year's celebration. In the Chinese culture red is a lucky color. Both red and gold (which represents wealth) are... published 2 years ago
69Pineapple Tarts
by sgjerome
Pineapple tarts may be a Chinese New Year staple, but it has been replicated in manyversions bythe Peranakans, Malays and Eurasians too. Its universal appeal lies in its textured crust and delightfully sweet... published 9 months ago
76The Legend of the Nian Monster
by MM Del Rosario
Chinese people held the first New Year Festival more than 3,000 years ago. Farmers gave thanks for the harvest and prayed. They asked the gods for good crops in the coming year. But there is a story behind... published 10 months ago
72Chinese Astrology Horoscopes for 2008- Year of the Earth Rat
by Angie North
The Rat This is your year, rat! Your charming yet calculating nature may usually cause a few folks to find you unsettling, but not this year. 2008 will be your time to shine. People will be drawn to you and... published 9 months ago
92Chinese baby gender chart
by jim.sheng
As legend would have it, the Chinese Baby Gender Chart was buried in a royal tomb over 700 years ago. Legend says that this chart is 93-percent accurate and this chart is currently on display at the Beijing... published 11 months ago
83Chinese New Year
by Chuck
The New Year's celebration is major celebration in the Chinese year. Preparations begin twenty-two days prior to the New Year and continue for fifteen days. Because the New Year is based upon a lunar (moon)... published 2 years ago
60Love Letters
by sgjerome
Love letters, or Kueh Kapit in Malay, is one Chinese New Year delicacy that's definitely made with love. Labouriously cooked over a charcoal stove, each love letter has to be peeled from its metal mould and... published 9 months ago
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