The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday for Vietnam. Tết Việt Nam: Phong Tục và Sự Tích (Vietnamese New Year: Customs and Legends) compiles an abundance of facts, customs, and legends about this holiday in 70 pages, including a step-by-step recipe written in English for banh chung, a traditional must-have dish of sticky rice cake filled with mung bean and pork. The legend behind banh chung and the twelve animals of the Vietnamese zodiac are beautifully illustrated with more than 30 original illustrations, and many customs and facts are accompanied by over 40 full-color photographs--a treat for all ages.