The Foods to Welcome the Year of the Tiger with Luke Tsai

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🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Lunar New Year is only a week away, on February 1st, which means some of you could already be running behind in getting the spread ready. As part of our new series on the food cultures of the Bay Area with KQED Food Editor Luke Tsai, we’ll talk about the traditional, and not so traditional, foods of the New Year. Whether you’re planning an elaborate feast or just picking up take-out, we want to hear your favorite lunar New Year’s dish or tradition. If you stick with the Gregorian calendar and celebrated weeks ago, we still want to hear from you. What do you eat to mark the New Year and to bring you luck or abundance? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.4	Welcome back to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:04.1	Lunar New Year is only a week away.
1:06.7	February 1st, and with this Omicron inflected January, I think we can just all agree that
1:12.4	everyone should just switch on over and begin the year on February 1st. In many cultures,
1:18.0	the Lunar New Year spread is crucial, and some of you may already be running behind getting
1:22.9	the meal ready. Joining us to talk elaborate feasts, the best takeout, and your favorite Lunar New Year
1:28.9	dish or tradition, we've got KQED food editor Luke, who you may have noticed is now joining
1:34.3	us every other week for our series on the food cultures of the Bay Area. Welcome back, Luke.
1:39.7	Thanks so much for having me, Alexis. Yeah. So last year you wrote, for many Bay Area folks, the Lunar New Year is a time for big, rambunctious gatherings, whole extended families huddled around 10 top banquet tables after the Chinatown parade.
1:55.1	Everyone jockeying for prime lazy Susan position.
1:58.2	In case you hadn't guessed, none of that's happening this year. So that was last
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