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Posts tagged “Holidays - Halloween”

Five Uses for Pumpkin Seeds

Stop right there. Don't toss those pepitas! Click through for a round-up of five recipes using pumpkin seeds, aka pepitas from the classic pocket snack to a savory soup topping and a sweet brittle c...

Halloween Potions
France

If you are moved by the Halloween spirit, these removable chalkboard adhesives transform whatever you have steeping in your kitchen cauldron into spooky witches' brew, just in time for the holiday... ...

Acorn Cakelet Pan from Williams-Sonoma

Uh oh - watch out! Williams-Sonoma and Nordic Ware are at it again....

Look! Heirloom Pumpkins At Whole Foods

Spotted at my local Whole Foods in San Francisco: heirloom pumpkins! Yes, I bought several in various sizes and colors. They look so cool lined up on my front stoop right now....

Look! Pumpkin and Apple Votive Holders

We vote cute. These mini-pumpkins and apples hollowed out slightly to hold a flickering votive candle would be so pretty, organic, and seasonal on a dinner table or set around an apartment for a pa...

How Do You Feel About Seasonal Dishware?

Impractical? Perhaps. Gaudy? Mmm...a bit. But once a year we pull these Halloween plates out of storage and use them with a smile all month long - and often quite a bit longer! A look at the other pla...

Easy Halloween Dessert: Chocolate Apricots from Sunset

Here's a grown-up treat for Halloween that looks festive without being kitschy. Chocolate-dipped, pistachio-topped, dried apricots that look like sweet little pumpkins......

Look! Witch Wart Pumpkins

We paid a visit to an absolutely fabulous farm stand last weekend (more about this later in the week). We spotted these pumpkins and had to take a closer look! ...

New Pumpkin Harvest Loaf Pan from Williams-Sonoma

OK people - it's about that time. What time, you ask? Why, when all the new specialty baking pans come out for the holidays! Here's the first new one we've seen: a pumpkin pan! Click through to see wh...

Pumpkin/Melon Knife

We have mostly ignored the one-use pumpkin knives this year, but Sur La Table got us with their Pumpkin/Melon Knife. This serrated knife would be good for pumpkins in the fall, watermelons and honey...

DIY Ghost Fruit for Halloween

The only horrifying thing about these cute Ghost Fruit from Godiva is the price - $4.50 each! We saw them in Epicurious' roundup of Halloween treats, and we think they would be very easy to make you...

Halloween Treat: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

A Whoopie pie is a Pennsylvania Dutch treat seen all over the Midwest and Northeast United States. It's usually two soft, cakey chocolate cookies with a creamy sandwich filling of marshmallow and v...

Happy Halloween: Dinner Party Inspiration

Halloween is around the corner. Its gross-out side has always seemed too low-brow, and it looks like most of you prefer a harvest celebration too. And yet that doesn't mean we have to miss out on Hall...

Happy Halloween: What's Your Halloween Taste?

Halloween is almost here and we haven't said a thing about it. It crept up on us, and now we want to know what you are planning. Are you trick-or-treating? Eating homemade candy? Throwing a creepy d...

How To: Make Pumpkin Puree

You have your pumpkin, it's split in half, and you're ready to bake a pie! How do you get that the pumpkin from its orange shell into a pie crust? You will need to transform it into pumpkin puree. M...

Jack O' Lantern Round Up

We carved, painted, and costumed our way through Halloween. Thanks to all the Kitchen readers who sumitted photos to us. A fun show of kitchen creativity and knife skills too. To see them all, brows...

Inspiration: Treats for Halloween

Ready for Halloween? From the ghoulish to the whimsical, here's some inspiration from around the web. Whether you're throwing a costume party or staying in with a scary movie, there's a treat here for...