Fall Harvest Traditions
Pumpkin Season Highlights Autumn Traditions, Historic Festivals, and Farm Activities Across America
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Fall’s pumpkin season brings together seasonal flavors, local traditions and farm outings. A podcast celebrates autumn favorites such as pumpkin spice while offering tips for healthier seasonal baking, and a food-history essay traces a possible early pumpkin-spice flavor combination to a 1570 recipe by Renaissance chef Bartolomeo Scappi, though the gourd he used may not have been an American pumpkin. In Southern California, Calabasas’ Pumpkin Festival has grown from a 1970 community fair into a longstanding celebration of the region’s history, harvest and Halloween. On Long Island’s North Fork, farms welcome visitors for pumpkin picking and fall activities including corn mazes, hayrides, games and seasonal treats.
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The Calabasas festival’s name is thought to derive from the Spanish word “calabazas,” meaning pumpkins or gourds, a nod to pumpkin patches said to have once dotted the area.
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The first Calabasas Pumpkin Festival took place in 1970 at Old Town Calabasas, centered on the Leonis Adobe; at the time, Calabasas had not yet been incorporated as a city.
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Scappi’s 1570 pumpkin tourte used cinnamon and ginger as its main spices, unlike many modern pumpkin-spice blends, which commonly include cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.
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On the North Fork, Stakey’s Pumpkin Farm in Aquebogue has 26 acres of pumpkins and 18 varieties to choose from.
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