Category: Autumn

We get grapes from so many places around the world now that we forget to think of them as seasonal fruit, but anyone who lives in or near wine country knows that fall is the …

It's crunch time for Thanksgiving. You've probably planned your menu, done your shopping and begun cooking. All I can offer at this point is courage. Liquid courage. Chances are, at some point …

I was very sad to have missed the summer jam season this year. With all the craziness around buying the house and moving, I never got around to putting up plum jam, or strawberry …

Fall themed desserts are all over these days - pumpkin bread puddings, cranberry panna cotta, pecan trifle. And those of us with a confirmed fear of rolling pins grasp at these desperately.  …

Despite having a decent reputation for cooking, a killer turkey recipe and not one but TWO autumnal table runners, I haven't hosted Thanksgiving since 2004, and I'm thrilled about that. One of the reasons …

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusebouches/5091892813/" title="Pumpkin Poblano 3 by The Domestic Front, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5091892813_94051bfae9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Pumpkin Poblano 3" /></a> It's October -- the nights are getting cold, the leaves are turning color (on the three trees in …

Last week was my birthday, so I baked myself a birthday cake. I do realize how pathetic that sounds, but baking my own birthday cake is actually something I like to do -- I …