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As Chinese New Year celebrations bring us the Year of the Ox, you may find yourself wanting to have a celebration of your own, at home. Houstonist has a recipe from Chef Martin Yan, of PBS's "Yan Can Cook" that fits the bill! After all, Tsingtao or Tsingtao Pure Lager should be your beer of choice when hosting your own celebration, why not use them to cook, as well? When celebrating Chinese New Year, traditional Chinese customs should be incorporated, including:

Quick! Name the most-watched television program of all time. Last year's thrilling Super Bowl? A mere 97.5 million viewers. The series final of "M*A*S*H" in 1983? 106 million viewers, tops in American television history -- but a fraction of the 396 million people who watched last year's Spring Festival Gala on CCTV, China's state-owned television network. Aired the night before Chinese New Year, the broadcast ranges all over the cultural map: acrobats, comedians, Olympic athletes, Taiwanese pop singers, astronauts, politicians, movie stars (like Zhang Ziyi, who famously flubbed her lipsynch last year), even dancing Chinese army recruits. It's the ultimate can't miss-program, not least because it's broadcast on nearly every channel. Think you're seeing a lot of Ryan Seacrest now? Imagine a world in which he is -- literally -- on every station.

Yeah, yeah, we know — Shelterporn has slacked off, and in recent weeks you've had to look for your own dream real estate listings. We're awfully sorry to have put such a burden on you and are making a Chinese New Year's resolution to be more regular. We'll do better at keeping up with Shelterporn, too.

Chinese New Year Spectacular

We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's...