My neighbor Linda showed up at my door at 8:47 PM on a Tuesday with a basket of pumpkins. Not the cute decorative ones—actual sugar … Read more

My neighbor handed me a bag of chocolate chips and said, “Make something that doesn’t feel like a project.” That’s how these fluffy pumpkin chocolate … Read more

I figured a good pumpkin scone was something you needed a pastry chef and a cold butter cutter for. It took about one fall morning … Read more

Third time in ten days and I finally stopped overthinking it. The first batch came out soggy—too much pumpkin, not enough structure. The second was … Read more

The loaf was gone before lunch. My husband had sliced off a piece “just to try” around 9 AM, and by the time I wandered … Read more

The first Sunday in November. A cold, grey light pressed against the kitchen window, and the only sound was the kettle starting to rumble. The … Read more

“Wait—these have pumpkin? I don’t even like pumpkin.” That’s what my sister said, reaching for a third cookie anyway. She’d grabbed one by accident, thinking … Read more

I did not trust pumpkin in my chocolate chip bread. Let me be straight with you—I thought the combination sounded like a gimmick, something that … Read more