Learn more about the types of winter squash and their health benefits. Plus, get tasty ideas for how to enjoy winter squash.

The squash family (Cururbitaceae) includes pumpkins, summer squash and winter squash. Most people think of them as decorations, but they are edible gourds. Their tough outer shells can be smooth or ...

Reduce the heat and cook, stirring often, adding more stock and/or coconut milk or even water if it reduces too much, until ...

The height of autumn, highlighted by the twin food-friendly holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving, is also the height of winter squash season. It’s the time when outdoor fruit stands that previously ...

Have you harvested your winter squash yet? These should be picked before a hard freeze. Since it is almost Halloween, most pumpkins have been taken out of the garden. A light frost that kills the vine ...

Winter squash is a lifesaver despite the low expectations for fresh produce in the middle of winter. They include spaghetti, delicata, butternut, acorn, kabocha, sugar pumpkin, and more. Except for ...

Zucchini are ideal for grilling, roasting, stuffing or shredding and baking into tea breads and muffins,” writes columnist Donna Maurillo. “Yellow squash are good sautéed (but ...