I have a hard time with this season. Sure the colours are beautiful, and my favorite holiday (Halloween) can be found around this time of year, but let’s be honest. Fall has some serious baggage. For one thing, there’s less sunlight, the days are never crisp and warm like we imagine, and somehow, despite a lack of snow, reminders of the impending holiday season creep in and smother us whole.

Well, maybe it’s not that bad. I can still bike around the city… even in the rain. But this morning, when I saw a drenched squirrel run up a tree, it occurred to me that the branches were bare and he would have no shelter from the storm.

That’s just not right people.

The food of Fall is one of the few saving graces. Thanksgiving and its turkey and stuffing, pumpkin pie, squash and Ontario harvest apples. How can anyone write off the season entirely?

I finally (finally!) started baking artisan bread, an endeavor I vowed to embark upon a mere eight months ago. You can’t blame me for the delay. Bread baking is best in the Fall. I also made my Thanksgiving apple pie topped with a turkey shape that looks less pigeon like than last year’s. The butternut squash soup was an adaptation of this recipe… and admittedly that is a bay leaf I placed at the last minute for decoration. And finally, some delicious home made jams made by a friend of R’s mom. I suppose all of the above makes the 10-20 degree drop in temperature worthwhile after all.

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