中秋节快乐!-Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Each year, this holiday occurs on different days, because it is based on the Lunar calendar which runs differently than the Gregorian Calendar. On this night, we feast in open air while admiring the oversized full moon, at least, that’s what I did when I was a child in China.

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The Influence of Culture On Food

In an effort to re-organize my main blog – This is Another Story – I have decided to post my food stories on this blog. This was the very first blog post I’ve ever written and it was about food. Originally posted on February 3, 2013, here is an essay written solely because I was interested and wanted to know where a bagel came from.

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