Receta How to Roast a Squash

A few weeks ago I walked through a blizzard to our local book store to hear Susie Middleton read from her new book, Fresh From the Farm. She fed us delicious roasted tomato tart, told stories about creating her farm, and cooked in front of the crowd. Although I've watched a million cooking shows and read hundreds of cookbooks I was really changed by Susie's suggestion on how to cook squash. It's one of those vegetables I dread preparing - the peeling, chopping, and wrestling. Here is her very simple but smart way around that...

This works great for any type of winter squash from acorn to butternut, even sugar pumpkins. You can use the soft squash meat in a variety of recipes. Try swapping the sweet potato for squash in Cornmeal…