I have to title my pumpkin pie recipes by year now. There’s a pandemic one where I roasted fresh pumpkin, there another one where I settled on what I thought would be my go-to traditional pumpkin pie recipe. Way back in the blog there is a Caramel Pumpkin Pie recipe adapted from one of my […]
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2024 note: I’ve never roasted a pumpkin again. Don’t do it. My boys are wondering why I am still practicing pumpkin pie. They are of the opinion that there must be a ceiling here – a moment when it’s perfect and I no longer have to get out my notebook, review my notes from past […]
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Let’s face it. Traditional pumpkin pie is in the “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” category. Every Thanksgiving I embark on yet another futile effort to find THE pumpkin pie. You know where it is? On the back on the Libby’s pumpkin can. Sure, go ahead and roast your own pumpkin or get all […]
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The calendar need only read December 1st and visions of orange zest, nutmeg, cloves and spice start swirling in my head. How quickly I break up with pumpkin pie and move on to the warm, intoxicating smells of the winter holidays. December is a month that I spend in my kitchen trying to recreate the […]
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