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Houston's Chinese bakeries prepare for the Year of the Rabbit

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Megan Munce, Staff writer

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IBUN Bakery Owner Jack Su explains whatโ€™s in the rainbow rice cake, the main specialty the bakery has for the Lunar New Year, to a customer Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Houston.
1of4IBUN Bakery Owner Jack Su explains whatโ€™s in the rainbow rice cake, the main specialty the bakery has for the Lunar New Year, to a customer Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer

Like traditional lion dances and firecrackers, food in Chinese culture is believed to help bring good luck in the coming Lunar New Year, which begins Sunday. 

For example, dumplings or jiao zi are folded to resemble ancient Chinese currency, and fish, or yu is a homophone for the word for abundance, which friends and family wish upon each other in the new year.

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Megan Munce is a Hearst Fellow working for the Houston Chronicle.

Megan recently graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a B.S. and M.S. in journalism and a second major in political science.

She previously worked as an audience engagement fellow and a reporting fellow at the Texas Tribune, as well as an audience intelligence intern for KQED, the Bay Area's NPR and PBS member station.

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