falling leaves, hide the path, so quietly

haiku by John Bailey

I'm hesitant to say it, but I think Autumn is here! It's about time. I don't know about anyone else, but the 90 degree days were getting old!


Some consider fall to be a season of endings, where foliage dies and begins to decay in piles on the street. Where wind rustles the bare branches and frost pinches the edges of the leaves each morning. But I look at fall as the season of new beginnings, or of rejuvenation and a chance to start over.

It's a time of sensory delights: both smell and taste. There's something about morning air in the fall that refreshes and relaxes me in one breath. The chill makes me feel alive and want to run around and enjoy life. It's also a time of delicious food (enter all things pumpkin!).

Introducing...

Here we have an assortment of mini cheesecakes (with a delightful red velvet cupcake in the center). There's a chocolate lobotomy cheesecake, an Oreo cheesecake, a pumpkin cheesecake, and a chocolate cake cheesecake. Based on my incredibly fine-tuned taste-buds, I dub the Oreo cheesecake the best. It was creamy and super light. The red velvet cupcake was quite good as well: both dense and rich.

Stay tuned for a taste test between Cheesecake Therapy, Tee & Cakes, and Boulder Baked. I think a red velvet, pumpkin, and chocolate cupcake variety would be the best test group.

I did take a cooking leap and made potato soup...tasted just like Outback's soup (and for those of you who don't know...that's the ultimate potato soup in my book). I even attempted to make it look fancy.

I am sad that seasonal fruit will soon be out of reach...goodbye delicious cantaloupes and watermelons and strawberries and plums. Farewell kiwis and blueberries and plums and nectarines. I'll miss you.

I think I'll attempt to make a savory pumpkin soup next. This is a great season for experimentation!