Welcome Warm Fall Dishes
Fall is here; harvest season, ideal for canning and preserving. There is still a good selection of late ripening fruit and vegetables, and the autumn vegetables appear. Fall season is a favorite with many. In the autumn, body and soul find nourishment, balance, and well-being. Flavors became more intense and personal. This issue of Food Naturally has much to offer. Let it help to take care of your meals. Let it help to take care of you.
Comfort Ready to Freeze
These ready to freeze comfort food recipes require minimum effort, yet you'll get top flavor. Find out a medley of terrific dishes, ready to freeze, to lift your mood later with warm, comfort food as leaves fall.
Food & Cooking Tips
Preserve the Goodness
Erin M. Phelan presents her wonderful recipes, taking full advantage of the autumn vegetables, most of the suitable for home canning and preserving. Fall is Erin's favorite season and in this article one can see why she wants to preserve the goodness of the Fall season.
Seasonal
Celebrating Halloween
Halloween is a celebration characterisitic of the United States; a favorite holiday for many. Erin M. Phelan in Celebrating Halloween invites you to try some recipes different from the typical ones. Celebrate your next Halloween with some spook-tacular food.
World Food & Wine
California Wine
California is responsible for well over 90% wine output in the United States. There are hundreds of wineries thriving in its sun drenched climate and most of them are open to visitors. Considering that a visit to a winery is usually a very welcome change of pace during any vacation trip, there is no harm in planning a whole day touring wineries. Consider a tour of the California Central Coast wineries or the Alexander Valley wineries.
Entertaining
Halloween Nightmare
In this Halloween nightmare, Anne Ehmer tells the story of her blighted Halloween party. Anne hoped to enjoy the company and also to show her cooking and entertaining abilities to advantage, but the party turns into a disaster, to the point of giving her a guilty conscience and a ghostly visit.
Your Questions and Suggestions
How do you prepare moussaka?
From: Gemma, Madrid
This is the way to prepare moussaka.
When is it best to use long grain rice and when short grain rice, like arborio?
From: Josie, Brussels
Long grain rice is ideal for salads and side dishes. Short and medium lenght grain rice is used for puddings and some dishes like Spanish paella, Japanese sushi or Italian risotto.
There is more information about rice varieties.
Coming Next
Coming in November
Sinful chocolate to cure the winter blues and, thinking or the upcoming holiday season, recipes for roasted turkey and turkey leftovers; because we don’t like to waste anything and we don’t want to eat more of the same either… “Recycling” leftovers into other delicious dishes only requires a bit of imagination. You'll find a recipe for a traditional roasted turkey and several recipes more for turkey leftovers.
For the eyes of the subscriber only
Fondues, a matter of stick and eat, the ideal way to entertain without slaving for hours in the kitchen. | 
