Just in time for Lunar New Year, Cooking writers share the dumplings they love most, with recipes and videos for how to make them. Credit...Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist ...

Dumplings? We’re crazy a-bao them! Originating in northern China during the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.), dumplings are, in the most basic sense, cooked dough surrounding some sort of filling.