Vietnamese New Year, or Tet, is an exuberant and culturally-immersive festival celebrating the arrival of spring ...

2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, and with the dawn of a new year comes hope for what’s to come. Because Lunar New Year is tied to the year's first new moon, it starts anytime from mid-January to ...

Sonny Side explores the traditional process of making Banh Tet, a beloved sticky rice cake central to Tet celebrations in Southern Vietnam. Through vibrant storytelling, he highlights the cultural ...

Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year, Spring Festival or more accurately, Lunisolar New Year) started this week, observed in East Asian countries based on the Chinese or lunar calendar. The ...

"We can buy ready-made banh chung but it doesn't create that Tet atmosphere," she said, explaining she enjoyed the process of cleaning leaves, soaking rice and pre-cooking beans in the very early ...

The shop also sells banh tet, steamed sticky rice cakes wrapped in tropical leaves, a classic Lunar New Year dish. “As people assimilate, they may not know what their parents went through ...

Bánh tét is a traditional dish that is an indispensable part of Tet celebrations for many Vietnamese families. African villagers were excited to taste Vietnamese bánh tét for the first time. The ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. A new short documentary ...

1. Banh chung/banh tet (sticky rice cakes) Banh chung, a square rice cake, is commonly enjoyed savory in northern Vietnam, while banh tet, a cylindrical sticky rice cake and a specialty of central and ...

“A must-have dish for Tet is banh chung or banh tet, featuring a parcel of glutinous rice stuffed with pork, mung bean and salted egg,” said Katy, adding that banh chung was square shaped ...

For food, they make banh chung (square glutinous rice cake), and banh tet (round glutinous rice cake) and visit their ancestors’ tombs to show gratitude. “I had to borrow money from friends when I ...