A month ago, I was still solidly in summer mode, eating piles of cubed watermelon (and pickling the rind!) and hoarding the last of the season’s peaches.
But on social media and elsewhere it seemed like practically everyone else was pumped up for fall, getting a jump on Halloween decorations and counting down the days until a certain coffee retailer began hawking pumpkin-flavored lattes once again.
It always takes me a little while to warm up to the idea of colder weather and shorter days. The prospect of pumpkin in my coffee (blech) does nothing to help, but pumpkin in baked goods is another story altogether.
If there is one thing about fall that I look forward to, it’s pumpkin whoopie pies. …