Welcom To Autumn

With the wind blowing the leaves in swirls and Munson's farmstand full of hard squash beautifully displayed (one looking totally like a swan), it's a lovely day to say goodbye to summer and welcome (?) fall this evening practically at bedtime. Realizing this means our fresh local corn season is growing short, and with cod just $4.99 a pound at Sprouts this week through Wednesday, I grabbed an armload of corn at Munson's today (forget the three ears called for in the recipe - go for at least six, maybe eight) to do corn and cod chowder from Food and Wine magazine. Love that they call it a classic New England dish. And the beginning of fall also signals time to have a pesto-making day with my basil plants, one of which has gotten so big, it has needed the support of a tomato cage. Looks like tomorrow will be devoted to pesto. Happy autumn!