Happy Fall Y'all!!

Autumn is arriving very slowly here on the east end of Long Island. We've still been in our flip flops and a light sweater at best. This week the temperature has finally decided to drop. I am happily ready to don my fall sweaters and boots!

Not only is fall a fashion statement for clothing, she is beautiful in her own right.  Autumn wears beautiful shades of gold, red and orange. We have no need to drive upstate New York as many do,  to see the changing of the leaves. Our blocks and roadways are bordered by magnificent trees that greet us with their glorious adornment of autumnal shades.
Then there is coffee! You see all the ads for Pumpkin spice lattes. Now I love pumpkin anything. But there ain't no pumpkin in pumpkin spice latte! The funny thing is, you see these articles criticizing the fact that Starbucks™ Pumpkin Spice Latte has no pumpkin in it.  I find this quite ironic that a writer is complaining about this. A writer should understand that the word pumpkin is modifying spice latte, therefore it is the spices used in pumpkin, not pumpkin itself! The spices being a combination of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Check out
our recipe for Pumpkin Spice.

Recently my husband was putting his sneakers on getting ready to run out. It was a Saturday morning and I was perplexed as to where he was going so early.  He said to me that he was going out in search of a good cup of coffee! The couple of bags of coffee we had in the house, according to him and my son smelled like stinky feet or armpit!  He ran out to get one of his favorite beans, Starbucks French Roast™.

I thought how apropos, that my husband went out to chase his perfect cup of coffee on a brisk fall morning! Go grab your favorite cup of Joe and enjoy the rest of this beautiful season with us here at the Coffee Chase.