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Sandra Harper is the author of the play, Magpie's Tea Room, which enjoyed a successful run in Los Angeles at The Ventura Court Theatre. She has written a cooking column, "The California Cook" for the newspaper, Skirt. A script reader for Pathe Studios... Read full bio

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Countdown to Christmas - 42 Days
By Sandra Harper - November 13, 2009
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From the Holiday Recipe Files: Pumpkin Pie. Lori G. ALWAYS makes pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin. She buys the smaller, sweet ones in October and leaves them on her porch, because she says she can't find real pumpkins after Halloween.   I tried using fresh pumpkin one year.  I too, bought the Sugar Pie variety which is  grown specifically for eating (the pumpkins you get for Halloween are mealy and watery and not recommended for baking).  I cooked it,  pureed it, and poured it into a sweet butter crust.  When the pie was done it didn't have that beautiful maple color like you get with canned pumpkin - it was an odd greenish-gray .  It tasted great but no one would touch it. So now I stick with Libby's which is perfectly delicious and two hours less trouble. And for that I am truly  thankful.