Chinese New Year Eve: the build-up

Chinese New Year festivities always involve food. And lots of it. Of course they should!Our family doesn't make a big deal of Chinese New Year, but luckily for me, I have friends who do! Friends who cook! Obsessively! And who think nothing of ordering a whole suckling pig for a modest New Year gathering just because we can!As we raced to Bankstown late on Saturday afternoon for some last minute