Welcome, I'm Veronica, your resident food geek - experienced recipe developer and gardener. But I didn't start out that way! My journey to a love of cooking I'm a child of the 80's and its feminism movement. My version was as loud as my neon clothes as big as my hoop earrings. It meant I'd...| Ask the Food Geek
How to roast any winter squash seed in the oven so they are extra crispy. There are two secrets: drying out the seeds and baking them low and slow.| Ask the Food Geek
Acorn squash are treated as winter squash, but are actually part of the same family as zucchini and other summer squash - cucurbita pepo. Delicata and spaghetti squash also belong to this family, which is| Ask the Food Geek
Delicata squash are prized for their thin, edible skin and sweet, smooth flesh. They are in season from September through December.| Ask the Food Geek
Honeynut squash are a smaller, cuter, tastier butternut squash relative with about 25% more sugar. They make a low-effort side dish when simply cut in half and roasted.| Ask the Food Geek
The popular roasting vegetable, butternut squash, are in season in fall and store well into the winter. I grow my own butternut squash and also buy them from the local farmers market to roast, add to soups, turn into sauces, and mix into salads.| Ask the Food Geek
Save the seeds from your pumpkins this year and make roasted pumpkin seeds for a healthy, crunchy snack. If you're carving a Jack-O-Lantern, then don't waste the goodness inside, follow this easy step-by-step guide, and you'll be rewarded with a special treat! Whether you're carving spooky Halloween pumpkin faces or making homemade pumpkin puree from scratch, don't forget to save those edible seeds inside! I had a fond childhood memory of my elementary school teacher showing our class how t...| Jessica Gavin
