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The Indelible Chinese Art of Eating Your Words
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The Indelible Chinese Art of Eating Your Words

Celebrate Lunar New Year with a tray of togetherness.

Mahira Rivers
Feb 07, 2024
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This year, Lunar New Year falls on February 10th. I’ve been scouring Chinatown and various Asian markets for my usual assortment of candies to usher in the year of the Dragon. The sweets scattered throughout this month’s essay are auspicious for the new year, but they are of course good year-round. And, for the most part, they are perennially in-stock a…

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