Wrapped cakes of glutinous rice, green beans and pork belly have been a Lunar New Year speciality in Vietnam for centuries.

“It keeps me busy, and it’s tiring, but I still love making the cake myself.” According to an oft-told legend, the banh chung ...

In Vietnam, the traditional 12-hour process of making 'banh chung' continues to be a beloved Lunar New Year ritual, despite ...

"It keeps me busy, and it's tiring, but I still love making the cake myself." According to an oft-told legend, the banh chung recipe was first prepared thousands of years ago by a Vietnamese prince ...

Banh chung, a traditional Vietnamese sticky rice cake, is a centerpiece of Tet, the Lunar New Year celebration. Wrapped in leaves and filled with glutinous rice, green beans, and pork belly, it ...

Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves encasing a squishy, sticky rice cake known as "banh chung" -- a Lunar New Year delicacy in Vietnam.