Every major festival in China has its dedicated food speciality, and for the Dragon Boat Festival in the fifth lunar month, it has to be rice dumplings, or zongzi. The first dumplings were simple ...
MOST folks are familiar with the legend behind the glutinous rice dumpling, also known as chang or zongzi. The dish was created to honour the death of Qu Yuan, the revered poet and patriot, who ...
Whatever you call them, yuanxiao or tangyuan, the chewy, flavor-filled glutinous rice balls are a quintessential treat during ...
Steve Dolinsky, a food writer and avid traveler, was making a quick swing through Hong Kong recently when he stumbled across a traditional dragon boat race. It'd be hard to miss spotting one there ...