Chilled Rice Cake with Honey

Most people’s first introduction to zong zi is a bamboo-wrapped sticky rice packet filled with savory goodies at dim sum—pork belly, peanuts, soy sauce, the works. But when I was growing up, those bamboo packets were always a sign of something sweet, in part thanks to this dish. Sweet zong zi was my grandmother’s favorite snack, and she would make this recipe often in the summer so we could have the cool, slick rice cakes as a treat in the hot afternoons. The trick here is to really