Why spend so much time carving jack-o'-lanterns only for them to start decaying a few days later? These surefire methods keep pumpkins from rotting—and keep your autumnal displays looking spooky for ...

As fall arrives, many people bring pumpkins inside, but high mold levels in Chicagoland-the highest since 2014-make indoor decor risky.

Sep. 25—Jeff McLain is hoping his chances of winning an award at the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival this year won't be squashed by Mother Nature. The Lodi resident grew his largest pumpkin to date ...

Bottle Gourd Cooked in Big Kadai (Lauki/Dudhi Sabzi) is a light, healthy, and flavorful Indian curry made by cooking tender bottle gourd with onions, tomatoes, and spices. Prepared in a big kadai (wok ...

Sponge gourd soup, a staple in Chinese home cooking, has unexpectedly gone viral online — not for its taste, but as a metaphor for the way parents often dismiss their children’s feelings, as well as ...

It’s been a period of transition for musician Jimmy Smith. The songwriter and bass player for the sort-of defunct legendary alt./indie/roots band The Gourds, which broke up in 2013 – “the day Lou Reed ...

UNION COUNTY, Pa. — No, it's not a car auction; in fact, it's far from it. All of these people are bidding on pumpkins and other fall ornamentals at the Buffalo Valley Produce Auction near Mifflinburg ...

Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor convened an emergency meeting today on the major power outage affecting districts in the east coast since yesterday. The chief minister’s department said in a ...

Noah Devisser's massive pumpkin was growing at a rate of nearly 20 kilograms a day when he noticed tiny cracks opening on its surface — a potential death sentence for a gourd of its girth. "The rate ...