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mmm pumpkin pie is fabulous and should never be forgotten especially on thanksgiving! save the pumpkin pie! :)

I haven't swooned over pumpkin pie yet, but I sure do like it served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

I want to swoon over it, though.

@Lippy: I must find that Beard pumpkin pie recipe with preserved ginger and brandy. I've got some Raynal V.S.O.P that needs a job.

I'm far from an expert but I enjoyed the one I had at Wu Liang Ye on 39th and Lex.

I only wish pumpkin pie was popular all year round. I have this theory that people born in the autumn are more likely pumpkin pie lovers - my son and I are scorpios devoted to it, whereas my spring-born wife can take or leave it.. Anyway, if you want to attack something, go after that awful concoction called eggnog!

I love pumpkin pie -- must be *canned* pumpkin (Libby's!) and home-made crust. Moderate dollop of whipped cream.

Cannot however stand pumpkin pie made w/ real pumpkin.

Go figure.

It has to be a pie made with fresh pumpkin, or to clarify, not pumpkin from the can. I always thought I didn't like pumpkin pie until I had a slice that my best friend made with pumpkins he had grown himself. It was soooo good. The next year we bought a locally grown pumpkin and made our own pie with it. Again, it was soooo good. Never again will we use the can to make pumpkin pie.

Sounds yummy! Eggplant is a major food group at my house, eaten at least once a week, as a main course.
When I was young New Orleanians ate eggplant fritters with a dusting of confectioners sugar as a side. I have not seen them in a restaurent or at someone's home, including mine, in at least 30 years. I think they would go nicely with the baked rigatoni and breaded veal cutlets I was planning to serve this Sunday. Funny how dishes fall out of favor.