It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in late September, and a very specific craving hit. I wanted the warmth of a pumpkin spice … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine—her name is Rosa—watched me one October morning as I stared at a mountain of pumpkins … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had refused to eat anything pumpkin-flavored for as long as anyone could remember. Thirteen years. That’s how long he’d been dodging pumpkin … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that fall breakfasts meant choosing between something cozy that took forever and something fast that felt like a weekday … Read more

The neighborhood fall block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes—Meredith with her award-winning apple … Read more

I want banana bread, but I also want pumpkin bread, and I refuse to choose. That’s the thought that got me standing in front of … Read more

My friend Sarah asked why I couldn’t just boil the apple cider down instead of trying to figure out a complicated reduction method. I started … Read more