Happy Year of the Dragon! The Dragon is known as a particularly auspicious zodiac—and that means abundant food to celebrate. To start the new year on the right foot, families and friends share a large and scrumptious meal. But good eats on the Lunar New Year aren’t just for satisfying the palate—each dish symbolically rings prosperity, good luck and other good wishes for the coming year.
To grab some good fortune for yourself, get a taste of these popular “lucky” foods frequently prepared for the Lunar New Year from five countries …

I didn’t get into my first-choice college, after not even trying to get into any of my parents’ choices. I was upset and ashamed for days, so stressed out that I went to the gym two or three times a day for a week. But I opened an acceptance letter from another college later, and it didn’t take long to find that the school I’d only applied to on a whim was exactly where I was supposed to be.