Life Lucky New Year’s foods: Black-eyed peas, grapes and noodles promise prosperity December 30, 2021Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAYComments Off on Lucky New Year’s foods: Black-eyed peas, grapes and noodles promise prosperity What makes foods like grapes, black-eyed peas and noodles lucky? The answer has to do with symbolism and superstition.