October’s arrival sees us dusting off the jars of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg for autumn baking and the return of warm bowls of soup or stew to wrap cold hands around. Here are 10 of our fall favorites.
Pappardelle with butternut squash, blue cheese and pine nuts
Cider-brined pork chops with apples and creamed leeks
Cranberry oatmeal white chocolate chunk cookies
They’re coming, they’re on us,
the long striped gourds, the silky
babies, the hairy adolescents,
the lumpy vast adults
like the trunks of green elephants.
Recite fifty zucchini recipes!
- from “Attack of the Squash People” by Marge Piercy
It’s that time of year when gardeners are groaning under a zucchini glut, leaving them on doorsteps or in unlocked cars, driven to look for “newcomers” or “tourists” to offload them on, as in Piercy’s poem. We might not be able to “recite fifty zucchini recipes”, but here are five of our favorite ways to use them up.
Zucchini fritters with feta and dill
Mexican rice supper with zucchini, chorizo and corn
Fusilli with zucchini, tomatoes and bacon
There are few better — and simpler — summer dishes than fresh homemade pesto. Here are five of our favorites from the archives.
Red pepper and toasted almond pesto
Roast cod with pesto, chorizo and cherry tomatoes
