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Bread Baking: Them Bones!

With Halloween rapidly approaching, I considered a black and orange bread. Or something spider-shaped. Or ghost-like. But, no, I went with bones instead. It's a simple idea. Make dough, tie ends in a knot, and you've got bones. More

Mellowcreme Pumpkin Cake

I'm putting these pumpkins on a pedestal—literally—in a full-sized cake form tribute to the Mellowcreme Pumpkin. The look may not be exact, but I hope you'll forgive me when you taste it: made using a pumpkin cake generously coated in tinted cream cheese frosting, this is a highly delicious homage to a second-banana Halloween sweet. More

Cakespy: Creamed Candy Corn

Halloween's over, and chances are, you've got a bunch of leftover candy corn. But what to do with all those extra tricolor kernels? Starting with a recipe for creamed corn, I simply revised it a little, substituting candy corn for real corn, and leaving out the pepper and spices in favor of a little pudding mix to thicken the mixture. More

Sunday Brunch: Pumpkin, Pancetta and Potato Hash

Pumpkin is on everyone's mind (and porch) today, but while there are many great recipes for pumpkin pies, cakes and waffles, there are fewwe great savory pumpkin recipes. The inherent issue with pumpkin is that it's rather sweet, and can tend towards mushy or even slimy if prepared wrong. Tempering the sweetness of the pumpkin with dense Yukon gold potatoes and salty pancetta turns a fantastic ingredient once relegated to soups and sweets into the star of brunch. More

Bread Baking: Caterpillar Bread for Halloween

If you're going to put a creepy, crawly critter on the dining room table for Halloween, why not make it delicious? Making bread in the form of a caterpillar like this one is not only cute and clever, it's also practical. The body segments are perfect rolls, and the legs are bread sticks. There's no need for cutting—segments separate neatly with just a little tug. This would be great for a party or just for a fun dinner with the family. More