Perhaps we are far enough away from the pumpkin spice madness to try one more pumpkin recipe. This could be helpful if you still have a little pumpkin–canned or homemade–left from all that holiday baking. These also make good take alongs for any New Year’s Eve party you may be invited to. Not quite so…

The Monday after Thanksgiving, I stopped at my favorite orchard to pick up another bushel of apples for the apple-butter-making party we’d be having later in the week. While there, I thought I’d pick up another pumpkin or two, for a few cakes and other things. Unfortunately, that very morning they had decided to compost…

The day after the Super Bowl, I stopped in at my local Fareway and discovered they were clearing out some beautiful avocados for 25 cents each. (They also had big bunches of cilantro at 3 for $1 along with their usual good specials.) Unable to pass up such a bargain, I brought home 12 large…