Plural puddings because these are baked in a muffin tin so as to be individually sized. But don’t kid yourself; you’ll have at least two in a sitting and yes, that is a threat. The two of us devoured two thirds of these before I fed the remaining third to the garbage can upon the [...]

The first time I tried to carve a pumpkin, I was shocked by how difficult it was and ended up having to draw the face on with a Sharpie. All those Halloweens I’d watched my dad do it in the backyard, it had looked easy; he, and the job of carving those big pumpkins, suddenly [...]

I had this brief moment of panic yesterday when I realized I hadn’t made anything special for Halloween. I considered ditching my friend’s party last night, sending the husband out by himself to deliver the message that I needed to stay home to make homemade versions of candy bars, like Twix or Whatchamacallits, so I [...]

Turkey sausage! Turkey sausage. I wouldn’t want anyone to think I was cooking treif in my home. But I also don’t want to discourage anyone else from using pork sausage. In fact, I think you should make this with pork sausage and invite me over for dinner tonight. Oh wait, I can’t do it tonight. [...]

In the process of deciding whether or not I liked these cookies, I ate about 30 of them. I asked the husband for help: “What do you think of the cookies?” “They’re good.” “Are they pumpkiny?” “Yeah.” I eventually decided I liked them, the main reason being that they got better as time went on, [...]