You may know that Queen Esther is the heroine of the joyful holiday of Purim, which begins Wednesday evening. She was the beautiful Jewish woman selected by the King of Persia to be his wife. After ...

Crack open your jack-o’-lantern and you’ll see pumpkin seeds, but they’re probably not pepitas. Pepitas are seeds without a hull and are only found in specific types of pumpkin. These green seeds have ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Roasting pumpkin seeds—also known as pepitas—is one of Ree Drummond's favorite childhood traditions. "My ...

Pumpkins are everywhere now — pureed into soups, roasted and carved into scary faces. You’ve scooped out that white gooey strands and the slimy seeds inside and while you might think about throwing ...

Try this bright salad as a side dish to your next summer cookout. Instructions: Using a vegetable peeler, peel the eggplant down the length of the fruit in stripes so that there are still stripes of ...

MILACA — Though her greenhouse is full of them, a Milaca grower's pumpkins will not meet a toothy-smiled end on front porches this October. Instead, their rotund, mottled green shells will be split ...