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New Menu Traditions: Pumpkin-mousse Cheesecake

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If you feel like you’re on annual autopilot when it comes to your Thanksgiving menu, give gratitude for the opportunity to transform classic fall-garden ingredients in new holiday-inspired ways.

Recipe: Mushroom Salad

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The mushroom salad I had in Italy featured delicious, prized mushrooms called ovoli (Amanita caesarea), or Caesar’s mushrooms, but almost any mushroom with character can be substituted. This “small plate” mushroom salad was one of the best things I ate while in Italy last week, and that’s saying something because I ate a lot of […]

New Tricks for Halloween Treats: Cocktails and Caramel

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Using what we have in fall abundance, like those bushels of apples, in unique, tasty and frugal combinations—that’s what being a farmstead chef is all about.

How To Make Fresh Pasta

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Create fresh egg pasta in your hobby-farm home with this easy-to-follow recipe from a small-town pasta maker.

Easy Pumpkin Purée in a Slow Cooker

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Cookbook author Kathy Hester has turned our occasional slow-cooker fling into a long-term relationship. Here's a recipe for pumpkin purée in a slow cooker.

Swiss Chard Quiche: Savoring the Late-fall Garden

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After a near-tropical burst of warm weather here in Wisconsin lately, the reality of the real-deal hard frosts knocks at our farm door. Or more specifically, the fall greens are on their last hurrah.

Vegetable Stuffing

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Try this recipe if your holiday guests include vegetarians.

Chile-pecan Stuffing

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Spice up the holiday table by throwing hot peppers into your stuffing.

Wild Rice Stuffing with Apricots and Almonds

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Use rice as an alternative to bread in your next stuffing sidedish.

Cornbread Stuffing with Bacon, Apples and Onions

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Use cornbread in this Southern take on a traditional Thanksgiving dish.

Whole-wheat Bread

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Skip the store-bought bread and use this bread recipe for sandwiches, toast and anywhere else you'd employ a sliced loaf.

Sourdough Bread

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Try this recipe for a favorite traditional white bread.

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