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Fritters and chocolate cake: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for cooking with pumpkin

Quick, simple finger food that children will love for Halloween: pumpkin and carrot fritters with a chilli-coriander relish, and pumpkin baked into a dark…

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The Guardian reports: Quick, simple finger food that children will love for Halloween: pumpkin and carrot fritters with a chilli-coriander relish, and pumpkin baked into a dark chocolate slice It would be lazy to write, with a rueful shake of the head, that Halloween gets bigger every year.

I have seen it grow, vicariously, through my children year on year and, despite previously approaching it with a Scrooge-like attitude, something in me has shifted.

This lifestyle story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Thomasina Miers’, Halloween and Scrooge-like.

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United Kingdom · Europe
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Thomasina Miers’, Halloween, Scrooge-like
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