Life, Death & Dinner

Life, Death & Dinner

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Decorative Pumpkin—for Dinner!

What's the occasion? A sustainable supper, and a vehicle for spicy peanut-ginger sauce.

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Liza Schoenfein
Nov 14, 2025
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A Jarrahdale pumpkin about to become dinner.

Have you noticed that traditional orange jack-o-lanterns are being edged out of doorways and off porches by Instagram-ready decorative numbers in a Martha-worthy array of shades, shapes, and sizes? Not only are these “designer” gourds gorgeous, but unlike your basic decomposing carved pumpkin, many of them mak…

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