Bon Appétit

You don't need an ice cream maker to prepare this classic frozen treat. Accompany with amaretti or other Italian cookies.

These can be enjoyed on their own, added to recipes or used to embellish a Martini.

This recipe originally accompanied Peach and Blueberry Shortcakes. . They are also great on their own with coffee or tea.

Toast a slice of this bread, and serve it with butter or cream cheese for breakfast.

This hearty breakfast dish is served at The Ahwahnee Hotel.

A mix of butternut and acorn squash makes this soup silky and flavorful. Keep it bubbling on the stove to warm up any roaming ghosts and goblins as they return home from their Halloween rounds.

Use on your favorite toast for breakfast or spoon over vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Mustard lovers can serve the Mustard and Spring Onion Mash alongside.

Using packaged chili seasoning--the kind with separate pouches for the seasoning and the hot pepper--allows adjustment of the "heat" in this southwestern-style dish.

Tart cranberries provide delicious contrast to the rich nut filling.

Here's a nice salad for fall and winter; mustard and orange give the great-tasting dressing plenty of zip.