“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 ...

According to an oft-told legend, the banh chung recipe was first prepared thousands of years ago by a Vietnamese prince who wanted to impress his father in a bid for the throne. Pleased with the ...

"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 ...

Photo: AFP “It keeps me busy, and it’s tiring, but I still love making the cake myself,” she said. According to an oft-told legend, the banh chung recipe was first prepared thousands of years ago by a ...

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.

Many international students in Vietnam were excited to write calligraphy, wrap banh chung (square sticky rice cakes), join year-end parties, and play traditional folk games in central Da Nang City to ...