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Mid Autumn Festival

How the Traditional Korean Act of Making Kimchi Preserves Vegetables, Memories, and Community

Daniel Hautzinger

The act of making kimchi, called kimjang, is recognized as an "intangible cultural heritage" by UNESCO because it brings communities togethers and ties them to the natural world's rhythms.

Celebrating Asian American Bakers in Chicagoland Via an Important Asian Holiday

Daniel Hautzinger

The Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival is "like Thanksgiving," according to the organizer of a bakers' box of unique mooncakes, stylized pastries intimately associated with the celebration of the Festival. "I wanted to find a medium to bring everyone together."
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