Attending the Tet Festival in New Orleans East always feels like a feast for the senses even before the first bite. Fireworks and a dragon dance start things off, musicians perform on stage and ...

Mardi Gras is behind us but this weekend another giant annual celebration returns, one where a community sets the table with a bonanza of Vietnamese cooking and invites others to pull up a seat. Tet ...

It was a fog-clung night some years ago when I headed to the Tet Festival in New Orleans East. Maybe that’s why I remember it so clearly. The journey was shrouded in misty dark. This only accentuated ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. When Lien Ta and Jonathan Whitener left their posts ...

Vietnamese families prepare a special meal for Tet Lunar New Year. The chef at Tam Tam and Tamarine restaurants and Palo Alto show us the symbolism behind each dish. Lunar New Year is full of sights ...

It was a wet, foggy night some years ago when I headed to the Tet Festival in New Orleans East. Maybe that’s why I remember it so clearly. The car drive over was shrouded in misty dark. This only ...

TET, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is all about family, tradition, and unforgettable food. In this video, I dive into the first day of celebrations in Hanoi with two incredible dishes—meatball jello ...

Lunar New Year is full of sights and sounds. There is the popping of fireworks to ward off evil spirits, the lion dancers moving to the beat of drums and the red envelopes to give gifts to loved ones.