People all over the United States are preparing for their festive feasts as Thanksgiving Day quickly approaches!

Though this holiday is meant to serve as a reminder to give thanks and to spend quality time with your family and friends, many also view Thanksgiving Day as a day to show off your skills in the kitchen as you prepare for this annual feast.

If you’re looking for a snack, side dish, dessert or simply a new recipe to try, Dorrance author Marilyn Alice Tuckman’s, For the Love of Pumpkinscookbook might have the recipe that will complete this year’s menu.

Tuckman combined her twenty-plus years in food-tasting sensory work with her love of pumpkins and her collection of delicious recipes to createFor the Love of Pumpkins. Her cookbook consists of 100 irresistible original and adapted pumpkin recipes that include canned pumpkin, fresh pumpkin and even pumpkin seeds!

If cooking isn’t your “thing,” Tuckman took the popular saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” to heart by including a beautiful photograph with each recipe. So even if you won’t be actually putting the finishing touches on one of these pumpkin dishes, you can certainly appreciate the cornucopia of fall foods featured in the book.

In addition to a variety of recipes, For the Love of Pumpkins also provides useful tips such as what to look for when buying pumpkins, how to seed and peel a fresh pumpkin, and even how to make homemade pumpkin puree.

For the Love of Pumpkins is the perfect resource for pumpkin lovers and curious cooks alike!

So, as you’re putting the finishing touches on this year’s menu, grab a copy of For the Love of Pumpkins for a recipe that will leave your guests asking for seconds!

From all of us at Dorrance Publishing, we’d like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving!