On Nextdoor, Orinda residents have been known to organize holiday gatherings like pumpkin carving contests and neighborhood wine and cheese parties.

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"I like pumpkin pie, butter cookies, anything that has that combination of spices and gives you the impression of being at home, " she says.

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If the foundation of a pie especially a custard pie like a pumpkin pie is too dry or too wet, it could crumble apart or slide off forks.

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And who else but Anton Kruppev would show up like this, with a Halloween pumpkin for a head?

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Beyond all that, Stewart was the only one who could select the best pumpkin, carve it like a demon and place it just so.

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She writes her dinner invitations without mistakes and spends her time bombarding us with literary references, ("Colombe, stop trying to act like Madame Guermantes, " or "Pumpkin, you are a regular Sanseverina, ").

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