It's exciting when an unfamiliar fruit or vegetable appears at fall markets. Even among the kaleidoscope of late-season winter squashes, the bulbous-bottomed, crook-necked cushaw stands out, ...

Cushaws and pumpkins for sale at Beckham Sharpe’s Georgetown farm. You can find them at farmers’ markets and at the grocery store, if you know what to look for. The green striped gourd is the cushaw.

Edna Florence Bowles Hunt was my great aunt, one of my Nanny’s older sisters. She was known to our family as “Hottie” because she used to strut her stuff in her younger days and everyone in my family ...

Cushaw pie is a tasty, creamy and mild alternative to pumpkin. Cushaws store well into the winter and are available at farmers’ markets, farm shops and some groceries like Good Foods Co-op. Kevin ...

To cook the cushaw: Trim stem and blossom end of the squash, and cut into large chunks. Scrape out the seeds and discard (or keep for later toasting). Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large roasting pan ...

An old-time pumpkin, the cushaw, gets its own festival this coming weekend. (The NOLA.com / Times-Picayune archive) On Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20, two new family-friendly events honoring local produce ...

When Beckham Sharpe and his family switched from raising tobacco to growing produce on their Kentucky farm more than a decade ago, they did a brisk business each fall in pumpkins and giant crookneck ...