Pumpkin Pie

Makes one 9-inch pie Laura Koller of Lincoln sent us her mother's pumpkin pie recipe, which is the best one we've ever eaten. Her mother, Shirley, adds the yolks to the pumpkin base, then beats the egg whites separately to make a very fluffy filling. We used extra pie pastry to make little cutouts to set on the top of the baked pie. 1   can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree   2   tablespoons molasses   ½   cup granulated sugar   1   teaspoon ground ginger   1   teaspoon ground cinnamon   2   tablespoons butter, at...

Makes one 9-inch pie Laura Koller of Lincoln sent us her mother's pumpkin pie recipe, which is the best one we've ever eaten. Her mother, Shirley, adds the yolks to the pumpkin base, then beats the egg whites separately to make a very fluffy filling. We used extra pie pastry to make little cutouts to set on the top of the baked pie. 1   can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree   2   tablespoons molasses   ½   cup granulated sugar   1   teaspoon ground ginger   1   teaspoon ground cinnamon   2   tablespoons butter, at...

Serves 8 3 ¾   cups heavy cream   ¾   cup confectioners' sugar   1   teaspoon vanilla extract   1   can (15 ounces) pumpkin pie filling   1   cup ginger snap or amaretto cookies, crushed   1. Have on hand 8 coupe or martini glasses (6 ounce capacity each). 2. In an electric mixer, beat the cream, sugar, and vanilla until soft peaks form. 3. Gently fold in the pumpkin.

NEW ORLEANS - The Audubon Insectarium's Thanksgiving turkey has a lot more legs than usual, but they're all in the stuffing. During Thanksgiving week, the cornbread stuffing at the "Bug Appetit" kitchen will be studded with mealworms, beetle larvae more often used as fishbait or reptile treats. It is part of seasonal fare to be served at a spot where creepy crawlies are always on the menu. Most of the year, you will find the mealworms in salsa, along with such delicacies as deep-fried, spiced, or sugared waxworms - wax moth caterpillars - and crickets in cream cheese spread or "chocolate...

The family of a baby who was reported missing from her Kansas City home 10 days ago has posted home videos online showing her when she was about 3 months old. Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin said their daughter, Lisa Irwin, went missing early Oct. 4, when she was 10 months old. City and federal authorities have searched for the child, but say they have no suspects or major leads in the case. The baby is shown on four home videos posted on YouTube. In the minute-long segments, the baby makes happy sounds, eats and plays in a walker while her mother coos to her, calling her Pumpkin Pie....

NEW ORLEANS - The Audubon Insectarium's Thanksgiving turkey has a lot more legs than usual, but they're all in the stuffing. During Thanksgiving week, the cornbread stuffing at the "Bug Appetit" kitchen will be studded with mealworms, beetle larvae more often used as fishbait or reptile treats. It is part of seasonal fare to be served at a spot where creepy crawlies are always on the menu. Most of the year, you will find the mealworms in salsa, along with such delicacies as deep-fried, spiced, or sugared waxworms - wax moth caterpillars - and crickets in cream cheese spread or "chocolate...

Tradition reigns at Thanksgiving -- the turkey, the stuffing, the pumpkin pie. For many, that tradition has to be carried out at grandma's house or the family equivalent of grandma's. But many celebrants find it more festive, or at least a change of pace, to let restaurant chefs do the cooking. And more and more restaurants are getting into the Thanksgiving spirit. Eric Brennan, chef of the Harvest in Harvard Square, can trace his roots right back to Plimoth Plantation.

LYNN - A Norman Rockwell aura hovers over the season: visions of grandmothers in aprons pulling pumpkin, cherry, and mincemeat pies out of the oven as the extended family gathers around. Fast-forward 60 years and we still want that nostalgic moment, but without all the work. Five Acre Farm got here just in time. "I wanted to make a pure food that people would not have to worry about," says Cedric Smith, 49, of Sterling, who grew up on the family-owned Arrigo Farm in Waltham, picking Bartlett pears and Concord grapes on its 5 acres.

LYNN - A Norman Rockwell aura hovers over the season: visions of grandmothers in aprons pulling pumpkin, cherry, and mincemeat pies out of the oven as the extended family gathers around. Fast-forward 60 years and we still want that nostalgic moment, but without all the work. Five Acre Farm got here just in time. "I wanted to make a pure food that people would not have to worry about," says Cedric Smith, 49, of Sterling, who grew up on the family-owned Arrigo Farm in Waltham, picking Bartlett pears and Concord grapes on its 5 acres.

Serves 8 3 ¾   cups heavy cream   ¾   cup confectioners' sugar   1   teaspoon vanilla extract   1   can (15 ounces) pumpkin pie filling   1   cup ginger snap or amaretto cookies, crushed   1. Have on hand 8 coupe or martini glasses (6 ounce capacity each). 2. In an electric mixer, beat the cream, sugar, and vanilla until soft peaks form. 3. Gently fold in the pumpkin.

The family of a baby who was reported missing from her Kansas City home 10 days ago has posted home videos online showing her when she was about 3 months old. Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin said their daughter, Lisa Irwin, went missing early Oct. 4, when she was 10 months old. City and federal authorities have searched for the child, but say they have no suspects or major leads in the case. The baby is shown on four home videos posted on YouTube. In the minute-long segments, the baby makes happy sounds, eats and plays in a walker while her mother coos to her, calling her Pumpkin Pie....

Papabile . Biophilia . Do-ocracy . Moffle . If you don't recognize any of these, don't worry - they're not (yet) household words. Papabile is used to refer to those cardinals who are considered good candidates for popehood. Biophilia - a word coined by biologist E.O. Wilson - is the idea that we have a deep human need to connect with nature. A do-ocracy is an organizational structure in which people choose what to do, and then do it. And a moffle ?

Thanksgiving came late in 1939 when the traditional fourth Thursday fell on Nov. 30 - a date of much concern to retailers facing barely three weeks until Christmas. In 1933, facing a similar dilemma, store owners had made a plea to the federal government to move the date up but were rejected. This time, however, responding to their concerns, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the observance a week earlier. Traditionalists protested, and confusion reigned as 23 states complied with Roosevelt’s directive, and 23 held to the traditional fourth Thursday.