TIP OF THE DAY: Pumpkin Soup, In A Pumpkin Or Not

TOP PHOTO: Pumpkin soup in a pumpkin terrine. Photo courtesy Cristina Ferrare. BOTTOM PHOTO: Pumpkin soup in a real pumpkin. Photo by G.M. Vozd | IST.   When was the last time you had pumpkin soup? It seems to have been supplanted by its cousins, acorn squash soup and butternut squash soup. The multi-purpose fruit…
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HALLOWEEN RECIPE: Spider Web Brownies

Brownies for Halloween. If you want to place an edible spider in your web, sandwich two chocolate wafers with icing and add candy eyes and string licorice legs. Photo courtesy King Arthur Flour.   Need to bring something to a Halloween party? How about a twist on that party favorite, chocolate brownies? This recipe for…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Make A Slab Pie & Slab Pie Recipes

[1] You can use a standard top crust or exercise your creativity. Apple Cherry Slab Pie with a lattice top. Here’s the recipe from Taste of Home. [2] Raspberry Pecan Crumble Slab Pie (here’s the recipe) from Driscoll’s. [3] An Apple Slab Pie. Here’s the recipe (photo © Vermont Creamery). [4] How about a Blueberry…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin-Apple French Toast

For seasonal brunching, we like this Pumpkin-Apple French Toast by Serena Wolf of the blog Domesticate-Me, sent to us by grocery delivery service Peapod.com. Prep time is 10 minutes, cook time is 15 minutes. This recipe works best with slightly stale (day-old) bread.For a richer French toast, replace half of the milk with half-and-half. If…
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PRODUCT: Silicone Oven Mitts

When silicone potholders and oven mitts appeared on the market, we traded in all of our cloth versions for the superior heat protection when baking, cooking and grilling. But lots of the mitts are very clunky, and also sized to fit men’s hands. Finally, here are women’s silicone oven mitts that are sized right, flexible,…
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