Sep 11 2025
Fall produce gets plenty of attention for pumpkins, squash, sweet potatoes, and other vegetables, but some of the season’s best flavors come from fruit. Autumn brings crisp apples, fragrant pears, dark grapes, jewel-like pomegranates, tart cranberries, honeyed figs, unusual persimmons, and several fruits that are easy to overlook unless you happen to live near where …
Sep 09 2025
Fall has a way of making home feel especially important. As mornings become cooler and evenings arrive earlier, the spaces where we cook, read, sleep, gather, and relax begin to feel different. Summer’s lightness gives way to warmer colors, softer textures, heavier blankets, glowing lamps, pumpkins, dried grasses, and all the little details that make …
Sep 06 2025
Chrysanthemums are one of the unmistakable signs that fall has arrived. Just as summer annuals begin looking tired, garden centers fill with rounded pots covered in yellow, bronze, orange, red, burgundy, pink, purple, and white flowers. Mums seem almost made for autumn porches, where they sit comfortably beside pumpkins, gourds, ornamental grasses, and fallen leaves. …
Sep 05 2025
Growing asparagus requires something gardeners are not always known for having: patience. Unlike lettuce, radishes, beans, and other vegetables that can move from seed packet to dinner plate in a single season, asparagus asks you to think years ahead. Plant the crowns in spring, care for them while they establish, resist the temptation to harvest …
Sep 04 2025
Peas are usually associated with spring, but in the right climate they can make an excellent fall garden crop too. The challenge is timing. Fall peas need to be planted while summer is still hanging on so that they have enough time to grow before cold weather ends the season. That means seeds may have …
Oct 23 2024
Tender chunks of pumpkin simmered in coconut milk with ginger, garlic, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and warming curry spices make this pumpkin coconut curry an easy fall dinner that feels comforting without being heavy. The pumpkin becomes creamy around the edges while still holding its shape, and full-fat coconut milk creates a rich sauce that carries …
Oct 07 2024
When cool evenings return, a pot of soup simmering on the stove is one of the easiest ways to make dinner feel like fall. This collection moves from silky butternut squash soup to hearty beef stew, spicy pumpkin chili, classic chicken noodle soup, and a vegetable-packed lentil soup. Some are ready in less than an …
Sep 27 2024
Sweet, nutty, and wonderfully creamy when cooked, kabocha squash deserves a place in the fall kitchen alongside butternut squash and pumpkin. Sometimes called Japanese pumpkin, kabocha has dense orange flesh with a flavor somewhere between sweet potato, chestnut, and winter squash. Its natural sweetness works just as well in savory dishes as it does in …
Sep 07 2024
There is something especially welcoming about a porch dressed for fall. Pumpkins gather beside the steps, mums bring one last burst of garden color, a blanket appears over the back of a chair, and lanterns begin glowing earlier as the afternoons grow shorter. The best fall porches do not necessarily have the most decorations. They …
Jul 18 2024
Soft pieces of pear simmered with brown sugar, lemon, cinnamon, ginger, and a touch of nutmeg make these spiced pear preserves taste like autumn in a jar. The pears become tender and glossy while still retaining enough texture to distinguish this from a completely smooth pear butter or sauce. This is also an intentionally simple …
