How about a few quick links to start out your week?

Happy Monday? Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as happy weekend. All the more reason to sit down and read a few quick, inspiring, delicious, and entertaining articles.

As the air has turned crisp and the leaves are in their colorful glory, fall seems to be in full swing– and with it pumpkin-flavored everything. Are you looking to extend your pumpkin tasting experiences beyond pumpkin spiced lattes and pumpkin pie? Here are 10 inventive pumpkin recipes to get you thinking about- and enjoying- the fall-staple squash in a whole new way. Pumpkin pie waffles, anyone?

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/easy-vegetarian-recipes/10-inventive-pumpkin-recipes-whoopie-pies-tamales/

Here is a can’t-miss piece by Michael Pollan linking politics and the food movement, an especially relevant topic as we approach election day:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/magazine/why-californias-proposition-37-should-matter-to-anyone-who-cares-about-food.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=0e196

Remember Prop 37 from my post a few weeks ago? The law in California for labeling G.M.Os? Well, celebrities decided to take it into their own hands to get people thinking about the implications of this proposition with a cleverly sarcastic video:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/california-prop-37-video-celebrities_n_1952203.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Food