October is the month of pumpkins! Many delicious dishes can be made out of these giant berries (yes, botanically, pumpkins are berries). My favorite pumpkin dish is pumpkin soup. Usually, I cook a large amount of soup at one time, portion and freeze it so that I can enjoy homemade pumpkin soup throughout the whole winter. Pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes. Therefore, in this recipe I am not going to give any weight specifications but proportions of the other ingredients in relation to the amount of pumpkin. My favorite pumpkin for soup is butternut but any other pumpkin works fine too.

Panzanella is an Italian bread salad perfect for summer dinners. It’s a typical dish from Tuscany where I lived and trained as a professional classical and contemporary dancer for a few years. Usually, Panzanella is made with unsalted Tuscan bread which I personally do not like too much. Therefore, I have my own version of Panzanella which I would like to share with you.

I love baguette! It’s my favorite bread. I use it for everything: bruschetta, garlic bread, panzanella (a very yummy bread salad), hot dogs or I just enjoy it with butter and home-made strawberry jam or honey. I would like to share the recipe with you. It takes a bit of time to bake those baguettes, but it is absolutely worth it!