Pre-Season

October is the kick-off for eating season. As the weather gets chillier and damper, our bodies crave that extra layer or warmth … and that means baking.

One of my favorite October things is when all my windows are open and the house is freezing, except for the kitchen which is ablaze with baked goods.

My poor family never seems to know what has hit them. During summer I am all about simple fruit desserts or ice cream, then WHAM October arrives and the once dusty cookie jar is jammed with treats.

Firstly, I am obsessed with quick-breads: a dense and spiced pumpkin bread, an earthy banana bread, even Nigella’s chocolate loaf laced with something new … like sage or cayenne.

Cakes can not be traditional (we have enough of those for all the summer birthdays in my house) so they have to be different or made with a new technique.

Cookies of course reign supreme. It is the warm up to the Holiday Cookie onslaught. But October cookies can be darker and less joyful, they have permission to be edgy or sly without all the pretty pretty of holiday bites.


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