Autumn is upon us, which means it's almost time for Mid-Autumn Festival, a yearly celebration of moon-watching and the harvest observed in Chinese culture. Mid-Autumn Festival is sometimes referred to ...

Mooncakes are eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They represent completeness and family reunion. The one pictured here is filled with lotus paste and salted duck egg yolk. Today is the Mid-Autumn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mixed nuts mooncake, actually called "five types" in Chinese. The characters on top translate to, "full moon, happy family." ...

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Believe it or not, there are seasonal offerings to get excited about beyond pumpkin-spiced everything. The approach of the Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept. 10 means 'tis the season for mooncakes. The ...

My most vivid memory of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival isn’t devouring mooncakes but reciting a poem: Li Bai’s “Quiet Night Thought” (静夜思, Jìng yè sī). It was an exercise for Chinese school; our ...

A red bean mooncake - a pastry shell filled with red bean paste. (Beth Nakamura/Staff) The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is nearly upon us, and that means it’s mooncake season. Each year in early fall, ...

For centuries, mooncakes have been the signature component – equivalent to treats such as chocolate eggs or hot cross buns for Easter – for the Mid-Autumn Festival, a widely celebrated Asian holiday ...