Category: Seasonal Cooking

These are one of my most favorite of all Fall treats! I first had pumpkin chocolate chip muffins at a coffee house in Muncie, IN, while I was in grad school. It was called the MT Cup. Christy, (who just happens to have a pumpkin pancake recipe up today), Cindy and I would go there …

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Today, at Slashfood it's Pumpkin Day. Excellent. I love pumpkins and, well, the whole squash family, honestly. I think it's part of my overall obsession with Fall. Anyway, for this event I decided to combine my strong feelings for all of things pumpkin with my fondness for Mexican food and make tacos. This worked out …

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Well, yeah, it's just that type of weather. But, this soup was actually prompted by a really tasteless and bad can of split pea soup I recently purchased. No flavor or anything. I thought, wow, I have to be able to make better split pea soup than this and you know what? I totally could …

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Usually, around the beginning of October, I get the urge to roast a chicken. Maybe it's to try and get myself in the mood for Thanksgiving's turkey but mostly, I think, it's because roasting poultry is a very Fallish thing to do. I typically use a combination of recipes -- the brine from a Cider …

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