Tasty Vegetarian New Year Noodles

Growing up Chinese-American meant that I celebrated several extra holidays during the year. After the Christmas holidays, I could always look forward to the Chinese New Year, usually a month or two later. Indeed, as the scholars Vera and Francis Hsu write, ‘Ask any Chinese born and raised in China what she or he liked best in the days of their childhood and “Chinese New Year” is the most likely reply.’ So, within the Chinese-American community, it meant two weeks of hectic preparations foll