Creamy acorn squash soup with roasted squash, carrots, sherry, half-and-half, and warm spices. The autumn soup served in hollowed-out squash bowls for a stunning fall-table presentation.
Prize pumpkin pie made with sweetened condensed milk for an extra-silky custard. Brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg pack the spice. The classic Thanksgiving slice, made richer.
Roasted butternut squash soup from Scaramouche, the iconic Toronto restaurant. Squash roasted in halves, then pureed with leeks, onions, garlic, thyme, and a swirl of cream. Pure fall comfort.
Chocolate chip zucchini bread that bakes up impossibly moist, studded with semisweet chips, toasted pecans, and a whisper of cinnamon, nutmeg, and citrus zest. A sneaky-good way to use up summer zucchini.
Baked Spinach and Ricotta Penne recipe
Baklava with shatter-crisp phyllo, ground walnuts and almonds, and honey syrup steeped with lemon and orange slices. The classic Greek pastry done properly, in shimmering diamond-cut squares.
Cheesecake pumpkin pie layers a graham-pecan crust with a creamy pumpkin-cream cheese filling spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Hybrid Thanksgiving showstopper.
The original version that inspired this recipe was incredibly rich using whipping cream for the cream sauce and delivering a whopping 16 grams of saturated fat per serving. 85% of the calories came from fat! This version has only 4 grams of saturated fat and cuts the calorie count from 269 to 121, is still delicious and rich tasting.
Maple leaf pumpkin pie sweetens the spiced pumpkin custard with a half cup of pure maple syrup, then crowns the cooled pie with pastry maple leaves baked separately to a golden brown. A festive Canadian-style holiday dessert.
This light pancakes taste so great, light, savory, they can be served as dessert, breakfast, all love them.
Wenatchee applesauce muffins, a Pacific Northwest breakfast bake spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and made tender with thick applesauce. Named for Washington's apple capital, these bake up moist with a domed top.
Kashmiri lamb koftas shaped into spiced sausages, browned in whole cardamom and cinnamon, then simmered in yogurt sauce until tender and saucy. Aromatic Indian comfort food from the Himalayan foothills.
Instead of store-bought pie crust, we made our own with most whole wheat flour and olive oil, which made the crust a lot healthier with flaky texture and delicious flavor. Now enjoy this juicy-fruity pie without feeling guilty at all.
A straight up French Bechamel sauce from Woman's Day magazine.
This delicate and lightly spiced pound cake is one of my family's favorite treats!
Jamaican jerk chicken wings marinated in a fiery blend of allspice, scotch bonnet heat, thyme, scallions, and warm spices, then roasted hot until lacquered and crisp. Island flavor on a party platter.