On the pulse: Alice Zaslavsky’s spicy pumpkin, sweet potato and coconut dal recipe
The cookbook author shares a comfort dish of fast-cooking red split lentils, winter veg and warming spices, best topped with a dollop of yoghurt
October 2023
Ravinder Bhogal’s pumpkin and squash recipes for autumn
Squash goals: Minnesota man’s 2,749lb pumpkin sets world record
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Pumpkin-spice coffee scones recipe by Benjamina Ebuehi
This is the season of crunchy leaves, chunky knits - and pumpkin spice latte misogyny
Emma Beddington
May 2023
Australian food in season
Pumpkin prices squashed, ‘kale balls’ roll up: Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for June
With the cold weather comes plenty of potatoes, lots of leeks and some highly sought-after brassicas
January 2023
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Pumpkin and cardamom soup recipe by Yasmin Khan
Enriched with coconut milk and the headiness of cardamom, this soup soothes and comforts beyond measure
October 2022
Go trick-or-treating this Halloween, and help bring Britain back from the undead
Paul Westmoreland
Halloween always seemed like a consumerist American import, but that all changed when we dressed up as zombies and knocked on our neighbours’ doors, says the author Paul Westmoreland
Experience
Experience: I paddled a giant pumpkin down a river for 11 hours
I had to keep the pumpkin upright, steady on bends and away from obstacles
Maverick the 2,560lb pumpkin triumphs in ‘Super Bowl’ of gourd fests
Rhinoceros-size Minnesota native wins big in California and will compete once more before being retired to stud
June 2022
Thrifty cooking tips
Six ways with pumpkin: from brunch to brownies
Pumpkins are versatile, long-lasting vegetables – for less than $4 a kilo. Here’s how to use them for every course: soups, desserts, roasts, and more
October 2021
How to live now
Ready, steady, spook! 10 pumpkin-free Halloween treats – from meringue bones to Nigella Lawson’s pus
‘I hug them’: meet the farmer raising 2,000lb pumpkins
January 2021
NSW gardener sets new record for biggest pumpkin in southern hemisphere
Weighing in at a whopping 867kg, Dale Oliver’s giant pumpkin beat his previous record by more than 100kg
October 2020
How to live now
From pumpkin to yumpkin! 17 mouthwatering recipes for Halloween squashes
Wondering what to do with the leftovers now you’ve carved your jack o’lantern? Or just tempted by the seasonal glut of pumpkins? Here’s how to make everything from pie to pasta to waffles to muffins
May 2020
Alys Fowler's gardening column
How to grow cucurbits: pumpkins, courgettes and cucumbers
Grow summer and winter squashes to feel prepared, says our gardening expert
March 2020
Ask Alys
Alys Fowler: how to breed the perfect pumpkin
If you can grow pumpkins, you can breed them, says the Austrian who is creating the heirloom varieties of the future
November 2019
The modern cook
Anna Jones’ squash recipes
Try butternut, onion or crown prince squash in these savoury pancakes and a salty-sour roast squash caponata
Felicity Cloake's masterclass
How to make a pumpkin pie – recipe
A step-by-step guide to making a pumpkin pie fit for the Thanksgiving or Christmas table
The simple fix
Thomasina Miers' recipe for Thai curry with partridge and squash
A tender, autumnal roast gamebird steeped in a Thai-style coconut pumpkin curry
