It’s that time of year again.Thanksgiving weekend is right around the corner. Whether this means reciting prepared answers about your future career plans to distant family members, watching your uncle John get way too drunk or listening to your cousin’s boyfriend talk about football for the hundredth time, I’m sure there’s one thing that never disappoints: the food, of course!
As soon as October hits, food blogs are overrun with classic comfort foods—from chilli to cheesecake and cinnamon to ginger, it’s easy to allow yourself to be transported to a much simpler time through flavours and textures.
Food blog smittenkitchen.com notes fall as the perfect time to get inspired, since markets are flooded with seasonal fruits and vegetables.
As Food network celebrity chef Jamie Oliver remarks on his website, one of the best reasons to cook with in-season foods is the food is more likely to be produced locally. It will be fresh as ever and you’ll be in perfect harmony with nature’s rhythms—who wants to eat a pie with shrivelled-up strawberries from June, after all?
The biggest fall and Thanksgiving recipe trends incorporate a range of in-season fall fruits like apples, pumpkins, figs and pears.
Whether you’re trying to distract yourself from schoolwork or looking for a way to bond with friends and family, spending some time in the kitchen and getting creative is arguably the best way to escape the incoming autumn chill.
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