For the love of pumpkins

For the Love of Pumpkins (a cookbook) consists of 100 irresistible pumpkin recipes (many original or adapted) using either fresh pumpkin, canned pumpkin, or hulled pumpkin seeds pepitas. Each recipe in this lovely cookbook is accompanied by an original photograph. The recipes cover a variety of soups, savory side dishes, light entrees, and snacks as well as pies, cookies, desserts, cakes, cupcakes, muffins, and loaves. Adding to the wide range of offerings is a finale category called Odds & Ends, which includes recipes that suggest an extra thing or two to do with a bit of left over pumpkin puree, a spare baking pumpkin, or seeds. The book also provides useful information such as what to look for when buying pumpkins; how to seed and peel fresh pumpkin; pumpkin yields; how to make homemade pumpkin puree; how to roast, bake, microwave, boil, steam, and grill fresh pumpkin; how to both roast and toast pumpkin seeds; and more.