Did someone say comfort food? Forgo the carbs when you're craving pasta and try out this incredible bake instead of the usual mac and cheese. Pattypan squash are tehcnically a summer squash, but they linger in season well into the fall, and they're still at many farmers markets. Here's a simply divine way to use the larger squashes at home. They're stuffed with a bacon and white bean saute, complete with savory herbs, a creamy tomato sauce and a parmesan cheesy-finish.

A trip to the farmers market yesterday had me utterly and autumly inspired. From persimmons to apples and pears in abundant variety, fall fruits are in full effect. So, this week our Meatless Monday Roundup features the best fall recipes that showcase these succulent and abundant fruits. But, not to worry; there's plenty of savory incorporations here. People on the blogosphere have been abuzz with seasonally-inspired dishes!

In the movies, it’s always so simple: Every female (including virgins coupled with other virgins) reaches orgasm in a matter of seconds, the “Big O” dropping hard after only a dozen meager thrusts, some heavy panting and a few gasps – and round two is just around the corner.

In reality, the female orgasm can be elusive – at first. But for women who are willing to really get to know their bodies from the g-spot to the clit and beyond, orgasms can truly be just a few minutes away from any occasion. Even better than that, the female body is built to experience orgasm again and again, unlike the male body, which must have a short break to recuperate between bursts.

As foods go, raw pumpkins aren't the most appetizing. Even the Native Americans vacillated between eating them and weaving their tough flesh into floor mats. So it's no wonder that the modern world has found a more entertaining use for this jolly squash. By all means, carve a pumpkin for Halloween! But as you do, don't discard the guts and weird pieces. Like Cinderella's pumpkin, they can magically transform into something wonderful.

If you're looking for one more reason to visit Los Angeles (or remind yourself why you pay ridiculous rent to live here) besides trying to grab a seat at a taping of the Ellen show, plan to head up to the San Fernando Valley for a bite at her soon-to-be-open vegan restaurant. Along with wife Portia de Rossi, Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde and producer Steve Bing, Degeneres' new eatery will be located on Ventura Boulevard and the menu will be 100 percent animal-free.

You might say we could have seen this day coming some 11,000 years ago when farming first took root in civilization: A day when competition between growers out-paced the importance of the health of the whole community; a day when the market was no longer about truly feeding the masses but more about feeding the profits of elite insular corporate agendas. We've arrived at a time where most of what we're sold as food is little more than tasty toxins that someone alive just 100 years ago would most likely not even recognize as actually edible. Millions of Americans have now found themselves at a crossroads, ready to make major changes about how to spend their money. And since there is perhaps no greater decision than what we put in our bodies, the most pressing question we can ask about our food choices is: What can we spend our money on that will really have a positive lasting impact on the planet and our health?

Our blanket snuggling modes amp up to high as nights get colder and days become shorter. Now, you already know that spicy beeswax and soy candles are perfect snuggle inducers; much better (and greener) than everyday lighting (or paraffin wax). Make those room warming candles a tad more eye-catching by creating your own DIY candle holders. And no, creating a candle holder isn't difficult at all. Continue reading to see some easy, creative, DIY candle holder inspirations

During October, you're bound to see front porches lined with carved pumpkins. While the natural, fun and festive orange decorations are ideal for illuminating creepy cobwebs, these vibrant colored squashes are great to eat, too. Most grocery stores, local co-ops, pumpkin patches and farmers markets have organic pumpkins and fresh pumpkin goodies, such as pumpkin butter and pumpkin bread, this time of year. Here's how to capitalize!

Everyone loves a little bit of buttery goodness atop a breakfast English muffin or a slice of fresh baked fall bread. The question is, though: what kinds of butter do you fancy? Are you a peach butter aficionado or perhaps a fair-weather pumpkin butter user and a hardcore apple butter fan? Continue reading and to discover what butter makes you swoon. (Don’t forget to bookmark your favorite butter recipe so you can make the butter of your choosing before your next weekend brunch party!)

Get ready to make one of the single most dee-licious fall recipes this week: Pumpkin butter! It's not butter, and it doesn't contain any butter, and actually, it's completely vegan! So you can enjoy this wonderful sweet, creamy, spiced spread with all of your friends this season... and you'll want to. Pumpkin butter can run you around 5 to 8 dollars a jar if bought from a specialty shop, and it will usually be made with white sugar or corn syrup. In this completely natural version, all of the autumn elements come together just right: Pumpkin puree, apple cider and maple syrup. You're going to love this recipe!

Native to the Americas, the pumpkin is an apt representation of the harvest: big, beautiful and round. Actually a member of the squash family and therefore a fruit, pumpkins of all shapes and sizes can be found across the nation this time of year tumbling out of grocery stores, baking in almost every kitchen and resting on front stoops from New England to Newport Beach.

This wonderful recipe takes pumpkin bread to a whole new level of yumminess and seasonality! Using fresh, local persimmons, which are at the height of their peak in the fall, sparkly apple cider and lots of warm spices, this bread hits all the "oooh" and "aaah" spots. If you’ve got persimmons around, you must try this recipe! And if not, go ahead and sub in pumpkin puree for equally wonderful results. Enjoy!

As the season changes to fall, displays of pumpkins, gourds and dry grasses start popping up on porch steps, mantles and dining room tables. While these autumn decorating favorites offer a classic look, why not change up the décor this year? Use pinecones instead.

You don’t have to limit your pinecone decorating to winter displays. They do double duty! Those easy-to-find beauties can vamp up your home right now—and then easily transition into your holiday decorating. Here’s a little inspiration.

Fresh apple cider and pumpkin butter—two of the tastiest things to enjoy during the fall season. Combine them in this extraordinary cocktail recipe that will have your friends guessing how you got that incredible pumpkin flavor into a glass … you don’t even have to tell them you used real pumpkin butter! Keep ‘em guessing how you made this irresistible spiced cocktail for a drink that’s both a trick and a treat.

I love to cook and I love to eat real, delicious food. I work from home and I make at least three meals a day in my kitchen. Delicious food, cooking and writing about it is a way of life for me. When the opportunity arose to review KitchenAid’s new 13-Cup Food Processor I was ecstatic. KitchenAid has a fabulous reputation for quality products and this food processor has the first and only externally adjustable slicing feature. When I discovered this, I thought, “I can now control how thick or thin the cut of my vegetables are with a food processor?” That is unheard of and super cool (and by the way we’re giving one away, read on!).