Chinese smiling sesame cookie balls are a popular Lunar New Year snack. They are small crispy sesame-infused cookies with moist interiors that are supposed to bring a happy and prosperous new year.

There was little emphasis on cookies and snacks back then ... She usually starts baking two weeks before Lunar New Year, dedicating her nights after work to make the biscuits.

The “Year of the Snake” was celebrated with dragon dancers, red envelopes, special treat bags and a cultural presentation at ...