Happy Thanksgiving! Here are a couple of cornucopias to help you celebrate Thanksgiving next week:

Mixed Nut Cornucopia

Pistachio Cornucopia

And don’t forget about our Whole Dried Cranberries:

Make these wonderful cranberry cookies with our dried cranberries.

And of course, Pecans:

In the November 2006 issue of Martha Stewart Living, the queen of holiday cooking highlighted NutsOnline as a source for dried pears and pepitas (pumpkin seeds) for several Thanksgiving Day recipes:

Ok, upon further research, I’ve discovered a few more important observances during the month of October, other than National Popcorn month, and of course, the more serious National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

On the sweeter side of things - hooray for National Caramel Month! Caramel is one of my personal favorites, I think I love it even more than chocolate… of course, the two really do go together.

Here’s our entire list of Caramel treats. But here are my top picks:

• Caramel Twist
• Milk Chocoloate Covered Caramel
• Caramel Vanilla Coffee

A little useless info for those of you into that kind of thing. But it’s also a good month for it - remember getting those popcorn balls as a kid at Halloween? Of course, for safety reasons, you don’t see too many of those nowadays, but you can always make them at home. In fact, if you have a good recipe for popcorn balls, please submit it!
We’ve got fresh, natural popcorn kernels for classic popping! Gourmet popcorn is all the rage lately — so go nuts, and have a little fun experimenting at home with popcorn toppings and added flavors! How about a little melted chocolate or caramel? Maybe something to spice it up instead - like ground red pepper?

Ah, the first day of fall… For many, fall is the favorite season. It’s not too hot, and it’s not too cold. The crisp air seems to enhance the changing colors of leaves and enrich the flavor of those wonderful fall comfort foods we all love.

From picking apples to carving pumpkins, there’s just something about the season and its activities that everyone loves. So we’ve selected some of our favorite fall reminders for you embrace the season:

• Apple Pie and Pumpkin Spice flavored coffee
• Cinnamon Apple Wedges - they taste just like Grandma’s apple pie!
• Roasted Pumpkin Seeds - lots of choices: in the shell, no shell, spicy roasted varieties