Welcome Warm Fall Dishes

Fall is here; harvest season, ideal for canning and preserving. There is still a good selection of late ripening fruit and vegetables, and the autumn vegetables appear. Fall season is a favorite with many. In the autumn, body and soul find nourishment, balance, and well-being. Flavors became more intense and personal. This issue of Food Naturally has much to offer. Let it help to take care of your meals. Let it help to take care of you.

Seasonal

These ready to freeze comfort food recipes require minimum effort, yet you'll get top flavor. Find out a medley of terrific dishes, ready to freeze, to lift your mood later with warm, comfort food as leaves fall.

Halloween is a celebration characteristic of the United States; a favorite holiday for many. Erin M. Phelan in Celebrating Halloween invites you to try some recipes different from the typical ones. Celebrate your next Halloween with some spook-tacular food.

Entertaining

Enjoy fondues, the ideal way to entertain without slaving for hours in the kitchen. Only for club members.

In this Halloween Nightmare, Anne Ehmer tells the story of her blighted Halloween party. Anne hoped to enjoy the company and also to show her cooking and entertaining abilities to advantage, but the party turns into a disaster, to the point of giving her a guilty conscience and a ghostly visit.

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Food & Cooking Tips

Erin M. Phelan presents her wonderful recipes, taking full advantage of the autumn vegetables, most of the suitable for home canning and preserving. Fall is Erin's favorite season and in this article one can see why she wants to preserve the goodness of the Fall season.

World Food & Wine

California Wine is well known. California is responsible for well over 90% wine output in the United States. There are hundreds of wineries thriving in its sun drenched climate and most of them are open to visitors. Considering that a visit to a winery is usually a very welcome change of pace during any vacation trip, there is no harm in planning a whole day touring wineries. Consider a tour of the California Central Coast wineries or the Alexander Valley wineries.

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How do you prepare moussaka?
From: Gemma, Madrid

This is the way to prepare moussaka.

When is it best to use long grain rice and when short grain rice, like arborio?
From: Josie, Brussels

Long grain rice is ideal for salads and side dishes. Short and medium length grain rice is used for puddings and some dishes like Spanish paella, Japanese sushi or Italian risotto.

There is more information about rice varieties.

Coming Next

Sinful chocolate to cure the winter blues and, thinking or the upcoming holiday season, recipes for roasted turkey and turkey leftovers; because we don’t like to waste anything and we don’t want to eat more of the same either… “Recycling” leftovers into other delicious dishes only requires a bit of imagination. You'll find a recipe for a traditional roasted turkey and several recipes more for turkey leftovers.