Now that Halloween is past us and Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I thought I would do a column I have refused to do for the last 7 years - pumpkin. I am not a fan of pumpkin myself and I don’t understand the hoopla with all the pumpkin spice things that seem to hit the shelves earlier and earlier every year, but I do concede there are plenty of people who do love it. With that in mind, and with someone who loves pumpkin to share them (thanks Scott), I decided to use pumpkin this week.