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Pumpkins are fall personified. From that rich, orange hue to its pride-of-place at not one but two massive holiday events, there’s not a single fruit or veg that owns its season like the pumpkin.

Red and blue may be the sides many Americans pick to divide ourselves today. But in the 1800s, it was pumpkin pie versus sweet potato pie that signaled political and cultural discord.

REALLY INSIDE. JUST LIKE A JACK O LANTERN. SOME PUMPKINS CAN WEAR A DISGUISE. THERE’S A SECRET HIDING IN THIS. CAN YOU PROBABLY EXPECT THERE TO BE A PUMPKIN INSIDE, RIGHT? BUT DON’T BE SCARED.

What If You Couldn’t? What if you had a food allergy, and your body’s immune system overreacts to what should be a harmless food protein? A reaction can be as bad as life-threatening anaphylaxis. This ...

Pumpkin pie is a mandatory part of many families' Thanksgiving meals, but not everyone has the time or desire to bake one from scratch. There's often so much other cooking going on that having to bake ...

While Americans across the nation and beyond tuck into their favorite meal, it’s worth remembering where it all began.

ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias selects the 10 most beautiful illustrated coffee table books of the year.