For most people, dishes such as these are forever bound up with the spirit of New Year. Writer Lin Wen-yueh has penned numerous articles on the culture of food and drink in recent years, including a vignette (from her collection of essays Epicurean Notes) about New Year with the family, entitled "Luobo Pudding."
近年以飲食文化為題著述甚多的文學家林文月，在她以記錄自己往常飲食生活為主要內容的散文集《飲膳札記》中，就以〈蘿蔔糕〉一味小品，記錄了家中的過年情景。