Race/Related: Celebrating Lunar New Year with hot pot

The dish can foster togetherness among those far from family. 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Ms. Kim was less familiar with hot pot growing up, but “now every time we celebrate something, we have hot pot,” she said. Nico Schinco for The New York Times A sense of home By Allison Jiang As guests trickled into Jenna Zhang and Irene Kim’s apartment in Astoria, Queens, on a recent Saturday evening, no one needed an explanation for the array of raw ingredients before them — the marbled sliced meats; fish tofu and rolled, fried skins; napa cabbage; plump pink rice cakes; and ramen noodles. Electronic dance music hummed in the background, as friends reminisced, discussed plans and asked the all-important question: “How are you? It’s been so long.” They were gathering early for a [Lunar New Year](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnqeqnP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly9jb29raW5nLm55dGltZXMuY29tLzY4ODYxNjkyLW55dC1jb29raW5nLzg2NDA5Ni1sdW5hci1hbmQtY2hpbmVzZS1uZXcteWVhcj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDI0MDIxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTQ4MDUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NzgzNiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZbqnZcdlYBAFjlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) party, feasting on hot pot, a dish that young members of the Chinese diaspora, and increasingly Asian Americans at large, have embraced as celebratory. In China, Lunar New Year, which begins on Saturday, is a time of intense travel and the only time of year many can make it home. For those living abroad, making a trip can be impossible, whether because of finances or time. And many people, less traditional than their parents, forgo the traditional homegoing altogether. Hot pot can foster a sense of community on a holiday that, for some, is defined by traveling home. Nico Schinco for The New York Times Wherever the holiday is celebrated, hot pot offers a chance for loved ones and chosen family alike to gather close over the same steaming bowl, lowering ingredients into the communal broth for all to grab, and assembling servings for one another. It’s both meal and act, fostering intimacy and nostalgia. (Hot pot is a staple of Chinese home cooking, a dinner shared among family members, with variations all over Asia.) 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But the dish was less familiar to Ms. Kim, who is Korean American and was introduced to hot pot by friends like Ms. Zhang. (Best friends turned roommates, the two women, both 23, have a popular [TikTok account](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnqeqnP0TGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGlrdG9rLmNvbS9AaXRzdGltZTJlYXR0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjQwMjEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNDgwNSZsYW5nPWVuJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTc4MzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6p2XHZWAQBY5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) dedicated to the dinners they cook for each other every night.) “I’ve come to really love it,” Ms. Kim said. “And now every time we celebrate something, we have hot pot.” Tansy Huang, 22, who works at Pike Place Market in Seattle, said his mother would always make hot pot for the family when the weather turned cold. “Hot pot was a way of showing care for each other and keeping ourselves warm and healthy,” he said. 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You simply wash and prepare the ingredients, and your guests will do the rest. With hot pot, you should linger — talking, cooking, eating — as long as the meal requires. Nico Schinco for The New York Times [Zoey Gong](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnqeqnP0TCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS96b2V5eGlueWlnb25nLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDI0MDIxMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTQ4MDUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NzgzNiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZbqnZcdlYBAFjlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), 27, a food therapist and chef specializing in traditional Chinese medicine, moved to the United States from China 11 years ago, and, like many of her friends, doesn’t have family here. She hosted five hot pot parties last year, ringing in her birthday and Thanksgiving with the dish. 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