Entries tagged with 'pumpkins'
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Pumpkin chocolate-chip cookies. [Photograph: Kirbie's Cravings] Last week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge was about our favorite gourd, the pumpkin. We asked you to share your favorite pumpkin recipes and the results were truly pumkintastic. Here are some of our favorites: Inspired by two beautiful pumpkins that she picked up at her local farmers' market, ChristineB made a Thai Spiced Pumpkin Soup topped with pumpkin seeds roasted with raw sugar and sea salt. Onepot took those adorable mini pumpkins and made them into something both nice to look at and eat. Take a look at these Polenta Stuffed Mini Pumpkins. One gourd didn't suffice for joyyy, she made pumpkin peanut butter cookies and Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash...
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Thank you to everyone who entered the second annual Serious Eats Pumpkin Carving contest. It was a tough call, but without further ado, we bring you the three favorites. Check them out, after the jump....
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[Photograph: jwendorff] Don't forget to enter our Halloween Carving Contest before Sunday at 6 p.m. Winners will receive shiny, sharp Viking knives. This Cookie-Monster-o'-Lantern is just one of the submissions so far. Check them all out here. We'll announce the winners on Monday, November 2. Think you can do better? After the jump, a step-by-step guide to carving your orange creature....
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[Photograph: Macys.com] I've always felt limited in my ability to carve jack-o'-lanterns due to a narrow range of tools. Let's face it—a thumbtack and steak knife can only yield so much detail, and cheap plastic tools always seem to break with the first incision. Though I questioned whether it would be worth it to invest in a more serious set, I put my money on a kit from Martha Stewart ($34.99 at Macy's in-store; unavailable online), who, unsurprisingly, is able to create beauties like these lace-patterned gourds featured on her site last year. Smitten by these non-traditional, ultra-delicate styles, my intrepid carving companion and I set out to accomplish some super-technical pumpkins with the aid of Martha's kit. We...
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Note: On Wednesdays, Andrea Lynn, senior editor of Chile Pepper magazine, drops by with Serious Heat. [flickr: _rockinfree] For the artistic-challenged such as myself, the best thing about carving a Halloween pumpkin isn't the glowing masterpiece that comes at the end--it's the surplus of seeds that come out process. With a shake of seasonings and a quick stint to roast in the oven, there's a delicious, munch-worthy treat. I like a combination of chili powder and paprika to jazz my pumpkin seeds up. But you can use your favorite spices from a Cajun blend to an Indian spin. Check out my recipe for roasted spicy pumpkin seeds ยป What seasonings do you use?...
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There's no better way to unwind at the end of the day than listen to stories about grossly oversized pumpkins. In this segment from InfoMania, more news clips than you ever cared to hear about giant pumpkins from around the country are condensed into two and a half minutes of non-stop "gargantuan gourds," "jacked up jack-o-lanterns," and "sizable squashes." Watch the video after the jump....
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Last year's first place winner: "OMNOMNOMNOMNOM." [Flickr: shaggy67] It's time for our second annual Serious Eats Pumpkin Carving Contest. We take a break from eating pumpkins (in bread, chili, and pie form) to whittle away at them. To enter, just upload your photos to our easy-to-use Photograzing (you'll need to log into your Serious Eats account, or sign up). We want to see your orange masterpieces, be they funny, creative, or just plain freaky. Obviously we give extra points to any food-minded designs such as last year's winner: "OMNOMNOMNOMNOM." Deadline: You have until Sunday, November 1 at 6 p.m. (EST) to upload photos. We'll announce the winners on Monday afternoon (November 2). What we're looking for: Originality, creativity, and...
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[Flickr: the_girl] Rather than picking just one book for this week's Cook the Book, we went with five. What do they all have in common? Pumpkin, butter, miscellaneous other ingredients, and an oven. Basically our goal this week is to make you eat more pumpkin desserts. We rummaged through our cookbook library to find some favorite recipes: Pumpkin Walnut Cranberry Quickbread from The Sweeter Side of Amy's Bread, Pumpkin Whoopie Pies from Baked, Ginger Custard Pumpkin Pie from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book, Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes from Paula Deen's The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook, and Spiced Pumpkin Muffins with Pepitas from Cowgirl Cuisine. Win a Cookbook We are giving away one copy of each of the...
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Mary Lake-Thompson Pumpkin Latte Harborside Bakery Harvest Pumpkin Quick Bread [Flickr: KnaPix] [Photographs: Lucy Baker, unless otherwise noted] Coffee aficionados come in all shapes and sizes—from those who slurp only the finest Sumatran blends, to those who will settle for nothing less than a perfect dry cappuccino with a creamy cloud of foam. My boyfriend stocks our freezer with trays of coffee ice cubes (to avoid the dreaded watered-down effect). There are also those java connoisseurs who turn up their noses at specialty coffee drinks. Let me say right now: I am not one of them. I grew up in Massachusetts, birthplace of the Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Coolatta. My very first date involved a mocha Frappuccino. I have a sweet...
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Surely jack-o-lantern-flavored, cinnamon-perfumed beer isn't
serious beer. We tried seven pumpkin beers, and as it turns out, some were actually pretty good—especially with a bowl of chili.
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