Cozy Stuffed Acorn Squash with Wild Rice & Cranberries
My neighbor, a woman named Rose who kept to herself mostly, watched me wrestling a butternut squash on my front steps one chilly October afternoon. … Read more
The Perfect Cream Cheese Pumpkin Roll Recipe
I was standing in line at the DMV—a place where dreams go to die slowly—when the woman ahead of me turned around and started describing, … Read more
Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Sage: Easy Fall Recipe
I wasn’t supposed to be there that long. I’d stopped by my neighbor Lucia’s house on a Tuesday afternoon to return her garden shears, and … Read more
Cozy Crockpot Pumpkin Chili with Black Beans
This was supposed to be a simple turkey chili. I’d planned it all out in my head—brown the meat, sauté the aromatics, let it simmer … Read more
Creamy Crockpot Sausage Potato Soup: Easy 5-Ingredient Comfort Food
There used to be a tiny diner called Mabel’s on Route 9, the kind with cracked vinyl booths and a jukebox that only played Patsy … Read more
Ultimate Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins: Easy Streusel Recipe
I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but the truth is I’ve been chasing a particular muffin high for about seven years now. It … Read more
One-Bowl Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread (Easy No-Mixer Recipe)
It was 10:42 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in late October, and I had a single can of pumpkin puree staring at me from the … Read more
Cozy Small-Batch Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies: Easy Fall Recipe
The woman at the farmers market stall watched me hover over her pumpkin display for a good two minutes before she finally spoke. “You’re not … Read more
Best Easy Baked Pumpkin Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar
My roommate asked why I couldn’t just skip the mixer and stir the batter by hand. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. … Read more
Perfect Small-Batch Zucchini Walnut Bread Recipe (Easy!)
I was standing in the produce aisle last Tuesday, staring at a single, slightly overgrown zucchini that had somehow rolled to the front of the … Read more