New Year's recipes

Deviled eggs are a classic appetizer that will brighten up any celebration. They're easy to make, all the ingredients are readily available and inexpensive, and they look impressive, especially when you pipe the filling...

This refreshing cranberry punch captivates with more than just its sweet and spicy flavor. Just look at those colors! Ruby-red cranberries cover the entire surface of the drink, and the frozen cubes...

"Instead of drinking regular soda, I keep this refreshing spritzer with real fruit juice in the fridge," says Giada De Laurentiis. "It's a pomegranate and cranberry drink...

The Vieux Carré is a classic New Orleans cocktail from the 1930s. Its complex flavor is as captivating today as it was nearly a century ago. The cocktail, whose name translates as...

Violet Crème de Violette, elderflower St. Germain, and lavender bitters infuse this sparkling Champagne cocktail with a sophisticated floral aroma, complemented by citrus...

This large salad of fresh greens, shaped like a vibrant Christmas wreath, will be a wonderful addition to your holiday table. And its taste is as delightful as its appearance. Dense salad greens...

This simple holiday beef recipe is a must-have for anyone who doesn't have the time to cook but still dreams of delighting their guests with a royal dinner. The meat turns out...

What makes these buns so delicious is the sticky, buttery glaze that soaks into the hot crumb, making it especially moist and sweet. The buns are baked right in the glaze. After...

These buns are so sweet and moist thanks to an unexpected ingredient: orange confit in the filling! The glaze is also made with orange zest and freshly squeezed juice,...

Don't let these buns seem so tiny. Believe me, each one is a true flavor bomb! They're easiest to make with store-bought yeast dough. If you generously grease them...

You can certainly bake these sweet cinnamon rolls any time of year, but they're especially delicious on Christmas morning. What makes them so special? It's the amazing raisin filling and...

These delicious cinnamon rolls are a breakfast dream. Fluffy and deliciously sticky, they're made with yeast dough and topped with a sugar glaze infused with coffee and maple extract. They...

Cut this luxurious chocolate cake into eight pieces, arrange them on plates, and let your guests marvel at the Santa's reindeer in each one. To decorate the cake, you'll need M&Ms...

Butter, brown sugar, and warm baking spices transform dark rum into a cozy autumn cocktail for chilly evenings. We recommend serving each mug of this hot drink with a skewer...

To smoke salmon, you'll need a special long fish pot. It can easily be used to create a smoker using rice and tea. Serve the smoked salmon with a piquant wasabi remoulade...

Tahdig is a staple of Iranian cuisine, with countless variations. This chicken wing tahdig is cooked in one pot—the crispy wings settle on the bottom of the pot, and...

Snow-white mooncakes (yuebing) are a soft, chewy mochi-like dessert with a variety of sweet fillings. Exchanging mooncakes is an important part of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival,...

Apples and honey are a popular treat during Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), symbolizing hope for the coming year. In this recipe, they are the centerpieces of a large...

"Abalone and mushrooms are popular ingredients in Chinese New Year dishes, symbolizing gold bars and coins and believed to bring wealth, good luck, and prosperity to the family. I...

Although these cookies are baked and eaten year-round, they are especially popular during Chinese New Year celebrations. Resembling golden coins, they are decorated with whole almonds and are believed to...

For the Vietnamese diaspora, glutinous rice cakes are considered a staple New Year's treat. Residents of southern Vietnam call them bánh têt and shape them cylindrically. In the north, they are made...

Traditionally eaten by Buddhist monks, Buddha's Delight (Lo Han Jai) is now popular worldwide as a healthy Chinese vegetarian noodle dish. It's especially popular on the first day...

The name niangao, or rice cakes, roughly translates from Chinese as "good year," so they are often included in sweet and savory dishes during Chinese New Year celebrations. This...

"We always eat dumplings for good luck during Chinese New Year," says Tony Nguyen. "It's believed that the more dumplings you eat, the richer you'll be next year! The recipe for these delicious..."

Kuy teav, a rice noodle soup of Chinese origin, is traditionally served for breakfast in Cambodia. It harmoniously combines the flavors of shrimp, pork, and vegetables. This dish is especially popular during...

Whole cooked fish is a traditional part of the Chinese New Year feast, symbolizing abundance, wealth, and good fortune in the coming year. However, this recipe is suitable for...

"As a child, I always helped my mother in the kitchen preparing New Year's treats," recalls recipe author Vivian Chan. "My main job was grating kilograms of daikon while she...

This classic Shanghainese dish is prepared by soaking poached (simmered) chicken in rice wine. One of the key ingredients is Shaoxing...

"Xiaolong bao are Chinese steamed dumplings with soup inside," says Molly Yeh. "They're like magic! My whole childhood, my family and I ate them at our favorite dim sum restaurant in Chinatown..."

This traditional dish is prepared in Asian families for special occasions, such as Chinese New Year, and can also be found at any Chinese banquet. It symbolizes good luck and abundance, so...

This rice cake soup is eaten year-round in Korea, but is especially popular during Seolnal, the Korean New Year. The rice cakes (tteok) themselves embody the main themes of the holiday: hope for...

"Serve this juicy beef brisket braised in pomegranate sauce for Rosh Hashanah for a delicious New Year's Eve. Pomegranate is a popular ingredient in Israel, where my family is from," shares the author...

Mooncakes are traditionally served in China and Vietnam during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when families gather to celebrate the harvest and pray for longevity and good fortune. Mooncakes, or...

These charming Linz cookies are filled with the magic of the winter holidays. Dusted with powdered sugar, they delight the eye with their bright, contrasting windows filled with jam. This recipe uses...

If you have some leftover hot chocolate mix (or cocoa powder), make this easy chocolate pudding that's enough for a crowd. Divide it into bowls and garnish...

Sweet red bean soup is commonly served as a dessert or light appetizer at Chinese celebrations and during Chinese New Year. Its popularity is partly due to the fact that...

This vibrant cake with red mirror glaze will be the center of attention at your celebration. One of its main ingredients is jelly. It will appear both on the outside, in the glaze, and inside, in the form of elastic...

Apples and honey, two staples of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), are the main ingredients of this cake. The apples impart a pleasant, fresh sweetness, while the honey...

Decorate your Christmas table with a snow-white house made of refined sugar and candies. All the candies, jelly beans, and marshmallows should be white, sugar cubes serve as the bricks of the house, and for the base and roof, you...

This mouth-watering smoked ham, glazed with a luscious sweet and spicy glaze, will be the center of attention at your holiday table. For this recipe, buy a smoked ham hock, warm it in the oven, and top it with apricot...

This dessert is the perfect finale to a Christmas or New Year's dinner. It's quick and easy to make, and it looks stunning, especially when served in elegant glasses. And the taste...

"Dim sum literally translates as 'filling the heart.' And I love filling my belly with this Cantonese breakfast!" shares Jet Tila. "It originated in small teahouses in southern China, where tea..."

Rich shiitake mushrooms, sweet pumpkin, and ginger make a perfect combination for autumn wonton filling. The wontons are deep-fried, creating a deliciously crispy texture with a tender vegetable filling.

During the New Year, the Chinese eat a lot of dumplings, which symbolize wealth for the coming year: pieces of dough filled with meat and vegetables resemble money purses. These wontons,...

These white, fluffy "snowballs" will delight you with a rich chocolate center, and the walnuts make them truly delicious. Grind some of the nuts into a powder, and simply chop the rest for a rich...