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We Can't Wait for These Fall Dishes

Summer is great and all, but we're thrilled for autumn.

Published September 8, 2021

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As glorious as summer may be when it comes to cooking, we’re psyched for fall ingredients—greens of all sorts, apples, squash, garlic, onions, and beans—used in soups, braises, roasts, and more. Here’s our crew weighing in on what we’re looking forward to.

‘It’s a maximum gourd, all right’

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Anything made with blue hubbard squash, which I’m thrilled to learn upon looking it up just now that the Latin name is Cucurbita maxima: It’s a maximum gourd all right. The flesh is creamier than kabocha and more intense than pumpkin, with a mottled grey-blue skin that reminds me of storm clouds right before it rains — so they look gorgeous lounging around your kitchen until you can get to cooking.

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