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Mixed Review: Stonewall Kitchen's Butternut Squash Risotto

I don't often prepare carb-heavy meals for dinner. Most nights, I'm happy with a giant salad and some simply roasted fish or chicken. But in the late fall when the temperature drops, I start craving things like pasta, mashed potatoes, heaping bowls of couscous, and above all else, risotto.

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Mixed Review: Crate & Barrel's Butternut Squash & Apple Soup

A hearty, creamy bowl of soup makes a great cold weather meal. This mix--made entirely of freeze-dried and powdered ingredients--promised to be a "rich fall harvest blend of squash, apple and pumpkin with a touch of brown sugar." Could it pack any real vegetable flavor without any fresh vegetables?

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In Season: Butternut Squash

This pale yellow squash becomes increasingly orange the riper (and sweeter, and richer) it gets. It's especially fresh and plentiful as the temperature drops in these upcoming months. Often roasted, it can also be grilled and seasoned with spices or stuffed with other veggies and various cheeses. In its pureed form, it becomes the key ingredient for numerous soups, casseroles, breads, and muffins.

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Making Your Food Too Delicious Is A Good Problem To Have

La Tartine Gourmande, on the unfortunate irresistibleness of her Butternut Squash and Sage Ravioli: "I had initially planned to keep some ravioli for our respective lunches the following day, but my plan failed. We could not stop. One more, and one more again, until it became obvious that lunch for the next day was slowly becoming more of a wish than a reality. In the end, there was only barely enough for a one-person lunch."...

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