Pumpkin on a stool outside a shop in Charleston, N.C. | Photo: ©Nathan Hoyt
With pumpkin season upon us, I was reminded of a delicious recipe for pumpkin baklava that a Greek chef, Martina Colombotos, made for me some thirty years ago. It was so good that COOK’S magazine ran a story I wrote about Matina and her baklava in their October issue all those years back.
The late Matina Colombotos, by portrait photographer Richard Bowditch, reprinted from COOK’S, 1981 | @Richard Bowditch
Here’s the recipe, written up in a Halloween piece I wrote for Zester Daily for a grown-up Halloween treat.
Matina Colombotos’ Pumpkin Baklava | Photo: ©Tom Hopkins
My husband and collaborator, Nathan Hoyt, carved up a pumpkin for Halloween. Thanks to him, and to Richard Bowditch and Tom Hopkins for the original photos. Happy Halloween to everyone (grown ups, especially!).
Jack-o’-Lantern by Nathan Hoyt. | Photo: ©Nathan Hoyt
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Excellent pumpkin carving Nathan!
I passed your message along. He smiled!