http://www.blogher.com/node/15768 Comments for "Delicious Food for The Year of the Pig" en http://www.blogher.com/node/15768#comment-15499 <p>We're lucky to live really close to our local International (really, Asian) District and we get to eat lots of this stuff... I love it and am part of a smallish group of folks that are eating our way through the district. Yum, yum, yum. </p> <p><a href="http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?cat=8">Nerd's Eye View</a></p> Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:25:15 -0600 Pam comment 15499 at http://www.blogher.com http://www.blogher.com/node/15768 <p>[img_assist|fid=3067|thumb=1|alt=Sang Choi Bau 2]<br /> Photo of Sang Choi Bau (Pork for Lettuce Wraps) by Anna of <a href="http://morselsandmusings.blogspot.com/"><strong>Morsels and Musings</strong></a>.</p> <p>Today is the first day of the lunar calendar, called Chinese New Year in China, or Tet in Vietnam, and many people are celebrating with special food.</p> <p>With a twinkle in her eye, Anna of Morsels and Musings announces she is going to be having a Chinese Pork Festival on her blog, posting a week of pork recipes for The Year of the Pig, starting with the lovely looking <a href="http://morselsandmusings.blogspot.com/2007/02/chinese-new-year-pork-festival.html"><strong>Sang Choi Bau</strong></a> in the photo.</p> <p>Jocelyn from Kuidaore in Singapore has received some truffles and is making an amazing assortment of <a href="http://brandoesq.blogspot.com/2007/02/ill-take-these-over-diamonds-anyday.html"><strong>Truffle Delicacies</strong></a> to eat while she celebrates the new year.</p> <p>The blogging duo at My Husband Cooks are <a href="http://myhusbandcooks.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/ringing-in-the-year-of-the-pig-with-crab-rangoon-and-other-old-favorites/"><strong>Ringing in The Year of the Pig with Crab Rangoon</strong></a>, as well as a few of their other favorite Chinese Dim Sum treats.</p> <p>At Food Lover's Journey, Anh is celebrating with <a href="http://anhsfoodblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/sugarcane-prawn.html"><strong>Sugarcane Prawn</strong></a>, which is another lettuce wrapped dish from her native Vietnam. Anh has also featured <a href="http://anhsfoodblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-year-goodies-vietnamese-cinnamon.html"><strong>Vietnamese Cinnamon Pate'</strong>,</a> something she says always appears on her family's table during Tet.</p> <p>Finally, at Masak Masak in Malaysia, Boo_licious has spotlighted <a href="http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2007/02/waxed-meats-for-chinese-new-year.html"><strong>Waxed Meats for Chinese New Year</strong></a>, fabulous photos of <a href="http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2007/02/chinese-new-year-feasting-sek-yuen.html"><strong>Chinese New Year Feasting</strong></a>, and <a href="http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2007/02/gong-xi-fa-cai.html"><strong>New Year's Wishes</strong></a> with fruit and flowers.</p> <p><em>Food and Drink Editor Kalyn Denny from <a href="http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com"><strong>Kalyn's Kitchen</strong></a> has her wok warmed up to cook something tonight to celebrate The Year of the Pig.</em></p> http://www.blogher.com/node/15768#comments Food &amp; Drink Asia Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:23:02 -0600 Kalyn Denny 15768 at http://www.blogher.com