TIP OF THE DAY: Cinnamon Pecan Topping

For holiday season, it’s good to have a trick up your sleeve that quickly turns everyday food into festive food. We nominate homemade cinnamon pecan topping, which can be used to garnish both sweet and savory foods. See our list of uses below. You can use any nut, but pecan goes particularly well in this…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie

This fall and Thanksgiving dessert from King Arthur Flour has the wisdom of Solomon. When you can’t decide between pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake, go zebra* and combine them into one dessert! Prep time is 25 to 33 minutes, bake time is 40 to 45 minutes. RECIPE: PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE PIE Ingredients For A 9-Inch Pie,…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Serpent’s Bite Apple Cider Flavored Whisky

[1] Good enough to tote in a flask (photo © Spirits Marque One). [2] Take a sip, bite the apple (photo © Spirits Marque One). [3] How about adding some Serpent’s Bite to a glass of cider? (photo © Freestocks).   Flavored shots are trending, and our favorite this season is Serpent’s Bite Apple Cider…
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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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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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