Been spending a lot of time in the kitchen trying different mooncake recipes. In Chinese culture, mooncakes are traditionally a treat for the Mid-Autumn Festival. The most popular version, a salted duck egg yolk (the moon), cradled in a sweet adzuki bean filling is wrapped in golden pastry. Special molds are then used to press the cakes into beautiful packages.

I’ve been in the kitchen experimenting with mooncake variations. A full moon and friend’s birthday is coming up and I am excited to share my latest variations at the celebration—pineapple in pastry and black sesame and matcha mung bean fillings in snowskins (mochi).