Fruit, Vegetable, Mineral… What is a Pumpkin Anyway?

Fall brings the sight of a field filled with beautiful orange pumpkins resting amongst the bushy undergrowth.  It always signals that Halloween is just around the corner and that the holiday season is upon us.  They grow on vines that run along the pumpkin patch floor. We carve them into spooky decorations and are delicious [...]

It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown - Fact or Fiction?

As a kid, this was my favorite Charlie Brown movie of all time.  If you are at least as old as I am sure you have also seen “It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”, or at least heard of it. But does such a thing actually exist? The only one rumored to have seen him [...]

Will You Be Celebrating Carve A Pumpkin Day?

Often, holidays make sense to us due to common knowledge.  On  the other hand, even though we celebrate a holiday, the reasons for it can be quite hard to determine.  One such example of this is “Carve a Pumpkin Day”.  If you are like me, you have probably never heard of this holiday before today.  [...]

Bizarre Food Holidays

Have you ever wished you could have one special day to celebrate and savor your favorite food?  Well, there’s a good chance that you can do just that.  There seems to be food holidays just about every day (or month) of the year.  Clearly someone had way too much time on their hands to be [...]