Last autumn, I came home from work to find my husband and the kids camped out in the living room, wrapped in blankets and watching

A few autumns ago, my daughter came home from school with a paper pumpkin she’d made in art class—lopsided, bright orange, and taped proudly to

I made these Eyeball Truffles on a Saturday afternoon when the kids invited their two friends from next door for a “Halloween rehearsal party.” My

On a breezy Saturday morning, I went to our local farmer’s market with my daughter, Lily, who was determined to find “the perfect pumpkin.” We

One late October afternoon, I stopped by the little farmer’s market in town, hoping to grab a few pumpkins for the porch. Instead, I found

Two Octobers ago, on a Saturday morning, I was running late to our town’s little fall festival bake sale. I had promised to bring a

A few Octobers ago, our neighborhood decided to hold a last-minute Halloween bake-off at the community center. I had just come home from a long

The first batch of these Vampire Donuts came to life one late October evening after work, when the air outside smelled like wet leaves and