TIP OF THE DAY: Halloween Ice Cream

While crafty cooks are inspired to turn ice cream cones into witches’ hats and use candies to create ghost and black cat faces on a scoop of vanilla or chocolate, specific Halloween ice cream flavors don’t typically come to mind. (When did you last see pumpkin ice cream?) Baskin Robbins will sell you an ice…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pumpkin Spiced Almonds

The roasted almonds are sweetened with sugar, brown sugar and honey, and spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and pumpkin powder (dried, ground pumpkin—look for it at natural food stores or online). The 19.75-ounce can is available at retailers nationwide (approximately $9.95 depending on retailer). It’s easy to make spiced nuts—almonds, pecans, walnuts or other favorite—to…
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FOOD FUN: Candy Corn Macarons

Dana’s Bakery makes delicious macarons; they’ve been a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week, and a favorite gift we send to macaron lovers (the Macaron Of The Month Club is a luxurious gift for the connoisseur). The cookies are both tender and tantalizing, thanks to Dana’s eye for color and palate for flavor. We haven’t…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Pumpkin Cider

Pumpkin cider, with or without rum. Photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog.   People speak of comfort foods; this is a comfort drink. Thick, flavorful, fragrant pumpkin cider made with pumpkin purée is a seasonal treat that can be served to kids or turned into a cocktail with spiced rum. RECIPE: SPICED PUMPKIN CIDER…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pumpkin Burger

Pumpkin is the not-so-secret ingredient in these veggie burgers, which have real nutritional heft thanks to the addition of chickpeas and pumpkin seed protein powder. Whether you’re determined to keep the spirit of summer alive or looking to transition into more autumnal foods, these pumpkin burgers span both worlds. You can make a double batch:…
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