A piece of cake--moon cake, that is!

While working on details for our 2010 Global Outreach Conference (November 6-14), I am munching on a piece of moon cake, courtesy of Jessie. A moon cake neither tastes like the moon (at least according to Cookie Monster's report) nor looks exactly like the moon.

The cakes are part of a traditional Chinese autumn festival--the Moon Festival on September 22. I just wikied "Moon Festival" and found a wealth of information on this religious celebration. It's a good reminder of the multifaceted religious and cultural history of Asia, especially as we anticipate an Asian-theme conference.