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Filed Under: Christmas, Fall, Feasts to Feed an Army, Gluten Free, Health, Salad, Side, Thanksgiving, Winter

Butternut Squash with Ras El Hanout

  No secret—I'm shamelessly addicted to The Great British Bake Off (aka The Great British Baking Show).   One season Kimberley Wilson made this fabulous phyllo pie, dough tinted with turmeric, and filled with bacon, chicken thighs, and butternut squash. That in and of itself may sound like enough but she then instructs to add in an incredibly aromatic spice mix called ras el hanout. I'm hopelessly obsessed with this recipe. She makes hers as a large ring in a savarin ... continue reading...


Filed Under: Any Season, Comfort Food, Dessert, Fall, Feasts to Feed an Army

Bacon-Apple Crumble

Everyone loves apple crumble.   Everyone loves bacon.   This was a no-brainer. Growing up my mom used to make an apple crumble that was incredible. I wish I knew the recipe that she used (I suspect it was from an old Betty Crocker cook book we had, though it may have been on one of the recipe cards she kept in her grandmothers old wooden recipe card box... I wonder what happened to that). Nevertheless, it was something that signified fall for me and was the ultimate ... continue reading...


Filed Under: Appetizers & Starters, Dinner, Get Your Drink On, Halloween

The Killer Clown (and its last meal)

Are clowns the new zombie? I kind of hope so. I'm more sick of zombies now than I was of vampires a few years back. Thanks to some recent films and TV shows clowns are every where. And, hey, remember a few years ago when creepy clowns kept popping up all over the place? Clowns are scary. After the new "It" movie came out a little while back there was an influx of articles telling us just why we don't like clowns—their human faces with accentuated and contoured features make our brains ... continue reading...


Filed Under: Get Your Drink On, Halloween

The Detective

It was a sleepy bedroom community just outside the city limits. Everyone knew everyone else. It was the sort of place where you never had to lock your doors, or worry about your children playing outside. It was a town where nothing bad ever happened. That is, until a series of gruesome incidences shook the town to its very core. Can the town recover from such violent offenses? Why are so many people in the town remaining silent? Can law enforcement catch a killer before it's too late? This... is ... continue reading...


Filed Under: Comfort Food, Dessert, Fall, Feasts to Feed an Army, Halloween, Thanksgiving

Haunted Pumpkin Handpies

Queue the spooky soundtrack—it's that time of year again! I love pumpkin pie—proof here. I know, I know, it's more of a Thanksgiving thing than it is Halloween but I think it's safe to say that, especially in recent years, it obviously fits just about any day of the season (I'm looking at you, Pumpkin Spice People). And while I can't fully get behind putting pumpkin spice on everything—I mean, please tell me pumpkin spice gum or Kool Aid don't actually exist—I am totally all for a good ... continue reading...


Filed Under: Breakfast, Comfort Food

Chocolate Banana Bread

In keeping with the theme and overall speed of this recipe, I'm keeping this post on the shorter side.   I love banana bread. I love seeing those dark flecks from the banana running throughout it. I love the aroma that fills the house when you bake it. I love the soft, tender, dare I say, moist yield of the cake—oops, sorry... bread—and I love when someone for whatever reason gives or serves me banana bread that they've made. It's been a long time since I've made banana ... continue reading...