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Mooncake fillings are almost always sweet, and can be made with different nuts, seeds or beans.

Mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival can reconnect you to a global community

Mid-Autumn Festival is a major Chinese holiday when families gather to light lanterns and eat mooncakes. An NPR producer waxes nostalgic about the hockey-puck pastries at the center of celebrations.

An illustration of a Salton Sea license plate is shown in this undated photograph.

Salton Sea License Plates Not Yet Popular

An effort to create commemorative Salton Sea license plates has been slow to take off.

Decision Reached on S.D. Charter Schools Vying for District Property

San Diego school district officials have decided which charter schools will get a piece of district-owned property in time for next school year. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

A customer in the produce section at Metro Foodland, one of the Detroit grocery stores participating in a healthy food incentive program for people with SNAP benefits. The store will add a section of specially marked local produce as part of the program.

Nudging Detroit: Program Doubles Food Stamp Bucks In Grocery Stores

In recent years, programs that double the value of food stamp dollars spent at farmers markets have generated a lot of attention. The basic idea: Spend, say, $10 in food stamps and get an extra $10 credit for purchases at the market.

Captain Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is said to have tucked slow-burning fuses into his beard and lit them on fire before plundering towns for gold and rum.

Fight Food Waste: Drink Rum, Matey

Pirates, pokers and alleged demonic origins — the history of rum is filled with raucousness and rebellion. To celebrate National Rum Day, we bring you tales from this drink's past, including its laudable origins as a food waste solution.

A worker drives an electric cart past air monitoring equipment in a storage room of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, N.M.

For N.M., Nuclear Waste May Be Too Hot To Handle

Southeastern New Mexico has profited from its low-level nuclear waste depository, hidden in underground salt beds. But as the federal government eyes those salt beds as a candidate to take on higher-level nuclear waste, the state players are debating everything from geology to safety to trust in government.

'New Strange' Stories Hold A Chilling Mirror To Life

British author Robert Aickman was considered the father of the "strange stories" genre: not exactly ghost stories, but haunted tales of inner fears and unspoken desires. Now, his work is being republished, and inspiring a new generation of writers.

Salt Lake City, Utah, is the worldwide headquarters of the Mormon church. The Salt Lake Temple is the focus of downtown Temple Square.

Mormon Missionaries Without Papers

Young Mormons are called to serve missions — two years on the road, trying to convert strangers to the faith. So what happens when Mormons without documentation come of legal age, and set off on their missions?

George Washington referred to "that Almighty Being" during his inaugural address in 1789. "God" didn't show up until more than three decades later.

Divine Rhetoric: God In The Inaugural Address

President Obama mentioned Him five times in Monday's inaugural address. God, that is.

Miguel Piñero of the Nuyorican literary movement and poet Sandra Maria Esteves on the train in New York City in 1977.

Photographing Puerto Rican New York, With A 'Sympathetic Eye'

The 1970s were a tumultuous time in the city's history, but it was also a time of great change for the Latino community, then mostly Puerto Rican. Photojournalist-activist Bolivar Arellano made a point of documenting the "good." Those who have studied his work say he captured the nuance that outsiders often missed.

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