The Buzz...About Books

I am not sure when it happened, but it seems the fall season is not marked so much by when the leaves change colour and children go back to school, but when the world is subjected to pumpkin spice in everything.  I am not saying that I do not enjoy pumpkin pie and I have had the chance to enjoy pumpkin juice à la Harry Potter, but this squash is more than an accessory for fall.  For those of you who look forward to pumpkin spice coffee, lattes, Jello, lotions, candies, and Cheerio- this is your time of year and enjoy!  And if you are searching for what you can do with your own pumpkins, here are some books that offer up some ideas.

Purely Pumpkin: more than 100 wholesome recipes to share, savor and warm your kitchen

Bring these comforting, relaxing, healthy recipes in your home this year.  As enjoyable to cook from as it is to flip through while curled up next to a crackling fire, there no better way to celebrate, share, and savor the pumpkin harvest this season.

Cooking with Pumpkin: recipes that go beyond the pie

For anyone who loves pumpkin, Averie Sunshine's new book, Cooking with Pumpkin, is a must-have. It contains 50 of her favorite pumpkin recipes, with an abundance of colorful images that will entice you to start cooking. The book goes beyond pumpkin pie and is filled with creative, fun, mouthwatering recipes from sweet to savory and everything in between.

A Harvest of Pumpkin and Squash: seasonal recipes

With 40 wonderful recipes, a glossary of the types of squash, basic cooking instructions, and useful tips on how to buy and store them, these versatile, delicious gourds make for year-round goodness.

Pumpkin It Up!

There's more to pumpkin than lattes and pies, so Pumpkin It Up! is here to help you discover sweet and savory ways to pumpkin up every meal.

 If you are not a fan of cooking with this squash, but instead prefer to carve it up , the library has lots of books for pumpkin carving too.  You can borrow the books now, get some ideas and be ready for Halloween.

Extreme Pumpkins: 20 slash and burn jack-o'-lantern designs 

Based on his popular and addictive website ExtremePumpkins.com, Tom Nardone has created a full-color guide to pumpkin carving that's truly frightening. Featuring the website's signature Puking Pumpkin, and spanning everything from Drowning Pumpkin, Crime Scene Pumpkin, and Cannibal Pumpkin to Electrocuted Pumpkin and other never-before-seen designs, this gleefully gory guide is nothing short of a manifesto to take back Halloween from the cheerful, the cutesy, and the paren't-sanctioned.

Realistic Pumpkin Carving: 24 spooky, scary, and spine-chilling designs

Make Halloween magic this year and carve the best pumpkin on the block! This book will show you how to use easy-to-learn techniques to create awesome 3-D pumpkin personalities that will astonish your neighbors, family, and friends.