New year recipes

Beijing's most famous dish, Peking Duck is traditionally served with Mandarin pancakes, and green onions for brushing on the hoisin sauce.

These pancakes can be made ahead and frozen. If using in Sweet Red Bean Paste Pancakes, bring back to room temperature before cooking with the red bean paste. Otherwise, reheat before serving.

These were easy and so cute! I made 1/2 a recipe piped with tip 12 and got 25 mushrooms.

This recipe was a wonderful mix of fruity flavors that were not too sweet. I love mango and these are very very good!

Extremely fresh tasting and refreshing, really very nice for a party!

A Chinese style of peanut cluster. Similar to haystacks but uses crispy chow mein noodles to give it a chocolaty solid crunch.

Grapefruit, Campari, and pomegranate cocktail blends tart grapefruit juice with deep red pomegranate and ice into a foamy pale-pink base, then gets topped with bitter Italian Campari. A festive New Year's pitcher drink.

Citrus curried cashews toss raw cashews with lemon juice, warm curry powder, and kosher salt, then slow-roast to crisp. A salty-tart, spice-dusted cocktail nut for holiday parties and DIY gifting.

Ring in the New Year with this sparkling champagne pomegranate punch spiked with citrus vodka. Jewel-toned, fizzy, and ready in under 5 minutes. Just stir, pour over ice, and toast.

Pretzel and peanut butter truffles roll crunchy peanut butter and chopped salted pretzels into bites, freeze them firm, and dip in melted milk chocolate. Three ingredients and no baking required.

Fruity Mary punch simmers red wine with brown sugar, apple, orange, pineapple, and star anise, then finishes with a splash of orange curaçao. A warm holiday mulled wine served in heat-safe mugs.

For Chinese New Year, this vegetarian ham is always welcomed.

Sweet cherry peppers stuffed with lemony tuna, capers, and optional anchovy, finished with a balsamic vinegar drizzle. These bite-sized Italian-style appetizers are the life of any New Year's Eve party and ready in under 30 minutes.

Chinese dumplings - jiaozi are very popular in Chinese new year!

This recipe nowadays is not only cooked in Chinese New Year, but also in normal days!

Eggplant with tofu, tradditional Chinese cooking! Tastes well!