• Black Risotto: Venice’s Squid Ink Dish for a Halloween Dinner

    Black Risotto: Venice’s Squid Ink Dish for a Halloween Dinner

    Jet-black, briny and deeply savory, Venice’s cuttlefish ink risotto is the most elegant way to put Halloween on the table.

  • Caramel Apples: A Salem Halloween Treat to Make at Home

    Caramel Apples: A Salem Halloween Treat to Make at Home

    Crisp New England apples dipped in homemade salted caramel and rolled in toasted nuts: the Halloween treat of every October fair, made better at home.

  • Soul Cakes: The Spiced Biscuits Behind Trick-or-Treating

    Soul Cakes: The Spiced Biscuits Behind Trick-or-Treating

    Small spiced cakes marked with a cross and studded with currants, once given to “soulers” at Hallowtide: an old tradition worth reviving.

  • Colcannon: The Irish Halloween Supper with Hidden Charms

    Colcannon: The Irish Halloween Supper with Hidden Charms

    Buttery mashed potatoes folded with kale and scallions, served with a pool of melting butter: the Irish comfort dish with a Halloween secret.

  • Barmbrack: Ireland’s Halloween Fortune Bread

    Barmbrack: Ireland’s Halloween Fortune Bread

    A tea-soaked fruit loaf with a ring hidden inside: whoever finds it will marry within the year, or so the Irish Halloween tradition goes.