Belated Halloweenery

I like Halloween. I like all holidays that emphasis human liminality- and what better way to do that than suspend belief and dress up in costumes for 24 hrs? I'm also a big fan of pumpkins- entirely underused in the culinary arts, the tradition of pumpkin carving gives people an excuse to make that pumpkin soup or roast up some pepitas- and then the shell gets used as a canvas :)

I'm no expert in the carving arts, but I think some of our crew made a pretty good show of things:



That's Super Mario, a rabid cat, a cool pumpkin face, Obama, and a wolfhound of some sort.