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A spaghetti by any other name...

Before we gab about spaghetti and the medicinal healing powers of melted butter, can we remind you to take a look at the Thanksgiving Turkey page?

All birds will arrive frozen from Misty Knoll farm and deadline to order is Mon., Nov. 11 but quantities are limited so maybe don't procrastinate too much. And we'll have plenty of other Thanksgiving goodies to choose from in the coming weeks!

All Thanksgiving items will be delivered on Saturday, November 23 and Tuesday, November 26.

Now, onto the squash. We have spaghetti squash in all shares this week from our friends at Red Fire Farm. In this girl's humble opinion spaghetti squash are one of the darlings of the Fall harvest. The flesh of these guys is hard when raw but when cooked starts to pell away from itself in long ribbons, creating beautiful spaghetti like strands. Some folks say its even better than pasta. More on that baldfaced blasphemy later.

Incontrovertible Proof That Fall is Here?

Good Chilly October Morning friends!

This week the Topsfield fair kicks off to the delight of thousands of fairgoers and the general grumblings of grumpy locals such as yours truly. If giant pumpkins, fried butter on a stick and twirling rides that will push the limits of your intestinal fortitude aren't your thing, may I suggest some farm events?

Our friends at Iron Ox Farm in Hamilton, MA are hosting a pop up market; pottery, plants, pizza and snacks on the front lawn of their beautiful farm.

Next weekend Brookford Farm is hosting their Pumpkins and Puppets event. Pack the kids into your sensible Subaru and head north for some wholesome farm fun.

When the moon hits your eye...

Good morning,

It's pizza week here at Family Dinner which has a singing the ole Dean Martin chestnut "That's Amore" (yes, we are very, very old). I feel like everyone knows the first line, "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amorrrreeee".

But the latter verse, which is just as bizarrely iconic, is lesser known:

"When the stars make you drool
Just like a pasta e fasule, that's amore"