Fall harvest means pumpkin spice and everything nice

Leaf peeping is reaching its peak, offering a kaleidoscope of colours dotting our surrounding landscape. And the farm stands seem to mimic fall’s palette brimming with green and rusty-red pears, rosy apples, squash and pumpkins in all sorts of hues, shapes and sizes. Technically a fruit, the pumpkin is a winter squash in the Cucurbitaceae family – that includes cucumbers and melons – boasting over 45 varieties. I’m focusing on the round orange variety, the one we’ve come to associate with harvest and Halloween.

Pumpkin pie is synonymous with fall, and not just for Thanksgiving. It’s the perfect dessert, and easy to make. While you can make your own pastry and roast the pumpkin and puree it, spicing it up as you like, you can also buy g

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