It's time for pumpkin spice everything, and shellacked gourds on porches and dining room tables.
Yes, autumn starts Monday, and out come the pumpkins, squash and gourds. Fun fact: technically, they're all technically the same species.
That zucchini that fries up so nicely is a close relative of the Jack O' Lantern that invites trick-or-treaters to your door are basically the same: They're Cucurbita pepo, a species that traces its origins back to 10,000 years ago in Mexico, originated in Mexico more than 10,000 years ago. Since then, farmers have cultivated them and grafted other plants onto them to develop the many "cultivars" that grace our roadside stands and produce aisles today.
Something else that's been confusing for 10,000 years: if people want their coffee to taste like pumpkin, why not just get a can of pumpkin and stir it into that mocha java along with some cinnamon and nutmeg? As a tea drinker, I can understand not wanting coffee to taste like coffee.
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