This Bakery Makes Thousands of Mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival Every Year | NYT Cooking

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Here's a FREE recipe for Honeyed Pistachio Mooncakes: https://nyti.ms/3Tk6g75 The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is celebrated by many Asian communities as the start of the harvest season. Mooncakes, which commemorate the full moon and the fall harvest, play a central role, as people gather with friends and families to make and exchange them. Yi-wei Huang has been making pastries and cakes for 30 years. He’s the owner of Double Crispy Bakery, which opened 20 years ago in Manhattan's Chinatown and is one of the biggest mooncake suppliers in the city, selling thousands during the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. The month leading up to the festival is their busiest time, often requiring them to devote the whole team and the entire kitchen to churning out thousands of mooncakes, making no other pastries or cakes. Follow along as Yi-wei shares what the holiday means to him and others who celebrate it. ------------------------------------------ Download the Cooking app for daily dinner picks, helpful tools, and even more videos: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-cooking/id911422904 VISIT NYT COOKING: https://cooking.nytimes.com/ SUBSCRIBE to NYT COOKING: https://nyti.ms/3FfKmfb A paid subscription gets you full access to our recipes, daily inspiration and a digital Recipe Box. YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/2MrEFxh INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2DqJMuD FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2MrTjEC TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2RZB6ng PINTEREST: http://bit.ly/2W44xng About NYT Cooking: All the food that’s fit to eat (yes, it’s an official New York Times production).