China returned to work Monday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday muted by the pandemic — and even more so for the thousands of people inside a Winter Olympics bubble.

Chef Dennis Chan invited us into his “magical” kitchen as he frosted his award winning Mandarin cake while explaining some of the traditions of the Chinese New Year. He explained that each year is said to be aligned with an animal…this year is the Year of the Tiger. Chef Dennis said that the foods to eat to bring luck and well being for the new year are peanuts, a whole chicken, shrimp and fish.

The Chinese New Year is on Feb. 1, and if you think it might be fun to celebrate or even make a dish, one local restaurant has just the idea for you.

China is showing no signs of slowing its demand for American lobster this year despite disruption to the supply chain and international trade caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)PORTLAND, Maine – America's lobster exporters recovered from the Trump-era trade war with China to have a good 2020. Trump then brokered a new deal with China in 2020 that included renewed lobster exports. Lobster is especially popular around Chinese New Year in China because a cooked lobster is red, a color that represents prosperity. Chinese New Year is typically a time of heavy travel in China, but that could also be different this year. China buys the same species of lobster from the U.S. and Canada, which has a large lobster industry in its Maritime provinces.