The English Home

FROM PATCH TO PLATE Matthew Fort

Who can resist a pumpkin – round, rubicund, stout and stately? The pumpkin is a picture of amiability and cheeriness, a bulwark against imminent winter. They arrive at that time when produce from the garden is winding down (well, mine is; just a few scarlet carrots and beetroot the size of small boulders and some chicories

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