Welcoming the Autumnal Equinox
September 18, 2009
Autumn is my favorite season. For so many reasons: many discernible, others crackling lightly in the cool air, in the shifts of the Earth’s axis, my stars up at bat. What I love:
1. Sweater weather
2. Long nights
3. The Harvest Moon (October 4)
4. Butternut squash
5. New England foliage
6. Halloween
7. Corn mazes
8. Piles of leaves
9. My birthday
10. Sweet potatoes
11. The Feast of San Gennero
12. Bike rides
13. Cidar
14. Dia de los Muertos
15. Applepicking
16. Boots & Beets too
17. Crafting season
18. Gourds
19. The World Series
20. Vegetarian Awareness Month
21. Free elections
22. Central Park
23. Giving thanks
24. Winter blankets preview
25. Bread baking & soup making
In honor of the ending summer I spent my afternoon whipping up thee messiest recipe I’ve ever made. Autumn Latkes from Veganomicon. Forget the pale potatoe, shredded beats, carrots and sweet potatoe are the key players to these delicious oil-fests! Beet, you dear thing, you painted all you encountered a vivid magenta, so oozingly alive. It looked like an alien murder scene on my hardwood. In the end I had to do some tweaking to the recipe as my shredded veggies were way too wet to form patties. I had to hand-squeeze each one like a vice as my sink caught the flowing river of pink. In the end (and during as I snuck bites), my efforts paid off and I chomped these latkes with a horseradish dill dip that was truly delectable. Ok, autumn. I’m ready.
