Feast of Pumpkins — 10/30/2025

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Pumpkin is not just for lattes and pie. In this week’s cover story John Fladd offers new ways to work pumpkin into your fall feasts.

Also on the cover Celebrate Halloween with music, costume contests and more at area restaurants and breweries offering Halloween fun for grown-ups (page 22). The Majestic Theatre presents the murder mystery Southern Fried Murder (page 13). Once you get your fill of trick-or-treat candy, try John Fladd’s version of apple bars — or are they cake (page 18)?

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