Recipes for fall 2026
11 recipes, grouped by the season or festival they belong to. Everything here is in season now or cooking for a date coming up in the next eight weeks.
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30 min
Gulf Shrimp Skillet with Blistered Tomatoes & Garlic
Sweet Gulf shrimp seared hard, then finished in garlicky tomato pan juices. Thirty minutes, one skillet, bread for mopping.
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1 hr 5 min
Roasted Pumpkin & Sweet Potato Soup with Toasted Pecans
Pie pumpkin and a North Florida sweet potato, roasted until caramelized and blended silky with cumin and a splash of cream.
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1 hr 5 min
Halloween Candy Bark
Dark chocolate swirled with orange-tinted white chocolate and loaded with candy, pretzels and salted peanuts. No oven needed.
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1 hr 35 minTrick-or-Treat Beef & Bean Chili
A thick, smoky pot of beef and bean chili that holds on the stove all evening while the doorbell keeps ringing.
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2 hr 10 min
Crisp Punjabi Aloo Samosas
Flaky, blister-free pastry around a spiced potato and pea filling — fried low and slow the way it is done for Diwali.
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1 hr 55 minGulab Jamun in Rose & Cardamom Syrup
Soft milk-powder dumplings fried to a deep bronze and soaked in warm saffron-cardamom syrup. The sweet of Diwali.
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4 hr 20 min
Dry-Brined Herb Butter Turkey with Pan Gravy
A three-day dry brine, sage and satsuma herb butter under the skin, and a gravy made right in the roasting pan.
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32 minButtermilk Skillet Cornbread
Crisp-edged, barely sweet Southern cornbread baked in a screaming-hot cast iron pan. For the Thanksgiving table and the chili pot.
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4 hr 5 min
Southern Sweet Potato Pie
Silky, warmly spiced and deeply orange — the pie that sits beside the pecan pie at every Big Bend Thanksgiving.
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3 hr 15 min
Classic Spiced Pumpkin Pie
Brown sugar, fresh ginger warmth and a custard that sets smooth without cracking. The Thanksgiving standard, done right.
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4 hr 20 min
Brown Butter Pecan Pie with Cane Syrup
Red Hills pecans, nutty brown butter and a splash of Southern cane syrup for a pecan pie that is rich without being cloying.
