If you are on the lookout for a great pumpkin cookbook, check out this review that features the top three pumpkin cookbooks available in the market today.

1. Pumpkin, a Super Food for All 12 Months of the Year – Dee Dee Stovel

These 125 recipes rejoice the varied ways in which pumpkin has boosted a wide array of dishes....., from beverages, starters, and snacks to soups, salads, main courses, and, of course, pies, cookies, breads, and cakes. Cooks will be astonished by the number of ways they can use the entire fruit, including blossoms and seeds, as well as the pulp itself. 

Special features include entire menus and decorating and entertaining suggestions for harvest celebrations and Halloween parties, as well as sidebars showcasing pumpkin festivals, lore, and growing facts. With pumpkin acreage and sales increasing every year, and additional health writers touting the fruit’s healthful powers, Pumpkin is much needed by all those who want to expand their cooking repertoire.

2. Harvest of Pumpkins and Squash – Lou Siebert Pappas

The first several chapters of this book will provide you with background information on how to choose, store, and cook pumpkin, as well as the types of pumpkin available. Several of the recipes are unique and are yummy-sounding pairing of ingredients that you would not have seen in other cookbooks. More than half of the recipes are accompanied by a beautiful full-page color photo. Chapters include Breads and Breakfast, Soups, Salads and Sides, Entrees and Desserts. This book also talks about Squash and its varitties such as butternut, zucchini, chayote, kabocha, and acorn. Many recipes let you choose the winter or summer squash to use but, don’t fret, there is a list from which to select.

3. The Perfect Pumpkin: Growing/Cooking/Carving – Gail Damerow

This book will help the reader realize that pumpkins are not just for Halloween. Thanks to Damerow's comprehensive and enjoyable book on how to grow, cook, and carve those big orange globes, the pumpkin can now be accurately understood. Her writing style is lively and informative, packed with engaging anecdotes, quotations, and facts. The recipe segment will literally have you drooling. You will love this informative pumpkin cookbook with the myriad recipes for cooks of all skill levels.

Buy these top three pumpkin cookbooks on amazon.com and have a fabulous time cooking.

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