Autumn: My favourite season for food
I love fall (autumn for you Brits). There is something about the cool, crisp air and strong afternoon sunlight that just gets you excited about the upcoming season and holidays. Moreover it gets me excited for all of the seasonal foods and all of the multiple recipes that these foods provide. From candy apples to scary graveyard cupcakes for Halloween (my personal favourite holiday), there are just so many treats to be made from the autumn harvest.
One thing about most of the fruits and vegetables from the fall harvest is that they are so versatile. Take apples…they can be sweet or sour and come in all sizes and various colours. Apples are at home in a pie whether it be a deep dish cinnamon laced apple pie or as an added ingredient to bring out the flavour of pork in meat pies. They can be stuffed into chickens or made into a rich apple sponge with raisins and a hint of rum. They accompany so many herbs and spices and bring out the flavour in many dishes both meat and sweet.
Pumpkins are another fall treat. They are so beautiful in so many colours and shapes. I always get so excited when I see the local markets displaying so many different types. I just know that the smell of wood smoke in the air is only a few weeks away.
I always get loads of squash species to use in home decor, recipes and, of course, a big orange pumpkin for your typical Halloween jack o’lanterns! This year for foodie purposes, I intend to experiment with the season’s many squash varieties with a least one soup and perhaps a bread pudding. I’m not sure yet but please stay tuned.
