"I remember my mom cooking for like a week." One ingredient featured in Lunar New Year dishes is known in English as fat choy or black moss, an edible algae. "It looks like hair — black hair — which sounds not super appetizing, but I like it," Lee explained. Lucky moneyYou may have noticed small red envelopes in banks during the Lunar New Year. "People who are married or elders will put money into red envelopes and give them to children or to people who are unmarried," Lee said.

Source: CBC News February 15, 2018 01:52 UTC