The Great Pumpkin

I love fall for many reasons -- the crisp, cool air; the changing color of the leaves; Thanksgiving; hot, steamy tea in the evenings; pulling the sweaters out of the cedar chest; etc. But one of the things I love most is pumpkin anything.

So far this fall I've tried two pumpkin pancake recipes, have tried every brand of pumpkin beer I've laid eyes on, have had the pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks, I've had pumpkin/apple pie that a friend made, and I'll probably make pumpkin bread tomorrow. Oh... and my yummy pumpkin cheesecake with bourbon whipped cream at Thanksgiving.

You know how little kids' skin can start turning orange when they eat too many carrots? Yeah, I'm asking for it...