Pumpkin

If you think pumpkin is bland, this shrimp curry recipe exists to prove you wrong. Deliciously, happily, bowl-lickingly wrong.

This delicate cheesecake is cooked in a water bath and steamed for a supremely light texture. To make sure the homemade-gingersnap-cookie crust stays crisp, wrap the cake pan inside and out with heavy-duty, 18"-wide aluminum foil.

This recipe is like a pumpkin spice latte, given a creamy-smoky butterscotch kick, and poured into a flaky pie crust.