Hello Spices of Life viewers!
 
Have you looked at the moon lately? It is FULL, and tonight Chinese all over the world celebrate the Harvest Moon

Festival and eat moon cakes!! We’re celebrating, too. Watch me and the Moon Cake girls make these delectable cakes

and drink tea at http://www.spicesoflife.com.
 
Join the Moon Cake team — my best friend, Debby, her daughter, Lydia, and MY VERY SPECIAL GUEST, Carol Garfield,

Steve’s BRILLIANT wife!!! — as we make moon cakes, drink tea, and celebrate this wonderful Chinese holidayl!!

Nina   

Best Recipe Ever: Moon Cakes
When the days grow shorter and the balmy breezes of summer are replaced by the brisk chill of fall, it is time to

prepare for the Harvest Moon festival. On the evening of the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the moon is at its

brightest, and for one night only, it is said to be perfectly round. Meet the Moon Cake girls and see how Nina and

“the girls” demonstrate how to prepare this DELICIOUSLY sumptuous cookie in your own kitchen.
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 Recipe: Moon Cakes

During the Harvest Moon festival, Chinese bakery shelves are loaded with many different varieties of  moon cakes,

savory and sweet. Nina’s easy filling includes apricot jam, raisins, dates, and coconut.
  
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Fall Tune-up
If you are comfortable with acupuncture, it’s a good time for a for a tune-up to coincide with the autumnal equinox.    

“Invite your friends, make batches of moon cakes, freeze them, then bake the day you serve them!”  
Carol’s tip
“Everybody loves moon cakes, but did you know it’s traditionally a woman’s holiday?”

 Hugo’s Tip

“It’s cool that messages hidden in moon cakes helped the Chinese win a war.”