Haloween is a great event at my house. About a week before, I invite friends over to carve pumpkins, toast the seeds (both sweet and savory) and serve mulled spiced wine, red wine or Scotch. Dessert is various pumpkin cookies or breads.

I make a huge beef stew, ladel it into bread bowls and serve it with a Caesar salad. After that, we watch classic horror movies and nibble on the pumpkin seeds and big bowls of popcorn.

It's an open house, so about 30 people come by throughout the evening, and it is so much fun! It's more of a celebration of fall and the coming of chilly weather. It makes me feel all warm and cosy inside.

On Halloween, I repeat the party for family and do lamb stew or a leg of lamb dinner.

Cheers, Jocelyn