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Stop calling pumpkins basic

Stop calling pumpkins basic

In our first-ever guest post, food writer Kae Lani Palmisano explains why we should say "American as Pumpkin Pie" instead

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Nov 04, 2022
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Editor’s Note: We’re doing something special this week! Better Strangers is being taken over by my friend and frequent collaborator Kae Lani Palmisano, the “Miss Frizzle of Food” and Emmy-winning host of WHYY’s Check, Please! Philly. Kae Lani is a fabulous food writer who digs into the culture and history behind the food in her Amuse-Bouche Substack, so…

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