2012 Year of the Dragon

image from mrdefinite

Happy Lunar New Year!

Welcoming the year of the Rabbit!  May your year be filled with...

plenty to celebrate...

  good food...

love...

friendship...

new challenges...

 fresh endeavors...

and most of all... joy!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy year of the Tiger!!!

My fondest memories of Chinese New Year include visiting with my extended relatives, the hong baos (red packets with money), and of course the treats! Every year it seems like they're always creating new varieties of cookies or pastries. In this post I'm sticking to the good ol' versions. Wish I had some right now!

Pineapple tarts




Cashew cookies


Kueh Lapis (layer cake)


And perhaps my favorite of all--love letters