Dishing up Good Fortune: 3 Lucky Foods for Your Chinese New Year’s Feast

The lunar new year is a time for families to eat good food, wear new clothes and exchange red envelopes.

Spring rolls are eaten during the Chinese New Year as a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Food is often the glue that binds a family or community, and that’s especially true during Chinese New Year, the annual 15-day festival that welcomes the arrival of spring and the luck and prosperity of a new year.