"fall foods" news and stories

Halloween may now be over, but so many of the fall foods we associate with the holiday are still perfectly appropriate up through the end of November (when we shift into December, I figure it's time to surrender the pumpkins and apples). This means that just because you didn't manage to make a batch of caramel apples before October expired, doesn't mean that you have to wait another year to do so.

The picture you see above comes from Everybody Likes Sandwiches. She adapted her recipe from one posted by Heidi at 101 Cookbooks. Thanks Jeannette, for adding your pic to the Slashfood pool.

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It is pumpkin time! I've got a couple of edible beauties positioned around my apartment at the moment, looking pretty until I find the time to chop them up, roast them and whirl them down into some versatile puree. If you've got a similar "problem," consider making these Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chunk cookies. While they often say that less is more, I think when it comes to these cookies, more is just more.

Thanks Bakerella, for adding these yummy treats to the Slashfood Flickr pool.

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• If you're going to buy a dwarf Key lime tree for your dad, be careful.
• A Very Dallas Thanksgiving.
• A quick guide to some biodynamic wines.
• Explore the foods of Cleveland, Louisville, Memphis, and St. Louis.
• A guide to Thanksgiving in your 20s, 30s, and 40s.
• America's best new whiskeys.
• This month's recipes: Sweet & Spicy Chicken Curry, Cashews with Crispy Sage and Garlic, Potato Chips with Chevre, Pepper Jelly, and Bacon, Smoked Mozarella Spread with Flatbread Crackers, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Pumpkin and Yellow Split Pea Soup, Savory Cranberry-Walnut Biscuits, Dr. Pepper-Glazed Ham with Prunes, Roasted Turkey with Italian Sausage Stuffing, Apple Cake with Toffee Crust, and Slow Cooker Sour Cream Cheesecake.

It just occurred to me that I've never had a pie that has more than one fruit in it. I've had dozens (if not a hundred) apple pies over the years, blueberry pie, cherry pie (not a big fan), and pies filled with other foods such as custard and pecan. But I've never had a pie that combined two fruits before.

But I plan on making this one, courtesy of Martha Stewart, the Autumn Harvest Pie. It has three fruits in it: apples, pears, and cranberries. The cranberries worry me a little bit. I'm thinking they might overwhelm the flavors of the apples and the pears, but I'm going to give this a shot. Full recipe after the jump.

Mmmm...apples. They remind me so much of fall (even though they're available year-round). It hasn't been very fall-like this week in my neck of the woods - it was almost 90 yesterday! - but any recipe that gets me in the mind-set for autumn is something I have to post about.

It's from the Cooking For 2 blog and it's a recipe for Fried Apples. Pretty easy, actually. I'm not really a fan of hot apple pie (I prefer ice cold apple pie), but I'm willing to give this a shot. Full recipe after the jump.