18 new year recipes

Traditional Greek vasilopita, a fragrant New Year's bread scented with orange zest, cinnamon, and masticha. A golden, egg-glazed yeast loaf topped with almonds to ring in good luck.

A sweet coconut rice cake made with glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, and shredded coconut. This traditional Chinese New Year treat bakes up sticky, chewy, and subtly sweet.

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

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

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

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

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.

Eggplant with tofu, tradditional Chinese cooking! Tastes well!

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

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.

I like this shrimp stuffed mushrooms, all are healthy.

Peanuts are a symbol of longevity in Chinese culture. Feel free to vary the basic recipe by experimenting with different combinations of spices.

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.

New Year's Eve polenta squares crisp tube polenta under the broiler, then top each bite with a tangy sun-dried tomato, caper, and parsley pesto. A make-ahead cocktail-party appetizer that feeds a crowd.

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.

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.