Fall Nourishment: Sweet and Nutty Stuffed Acorn Squash

Stuff seasonal acorn squash with einkorn, apple, and walnuts for a hearty vegetarian meal

Stuffed, baked, and finished with a cooling yogurt sauce, acorn squash makes a hearty, well rounded autumn meal. Cardinale Montano

A light, first frost came early to the Berkshires this year, prompting home gardeners to cover and protect more delicate crops for the night.

I remember thinking, with a smile, as I made my way down to the garden the following morning, that a bird flying high over the still-quiet neighborhoods and town-outskirts at dawn, looking down, would have puzzled at the strange sight: an odd array of so many sheets, blankets, and tarps spread out like a scattered, mismatched patchwork-quilt of sorts, in all the backyards below!