Meatless Mondays

A most gratifying use for a gangly gourd, this silken butternut squash soup all but defines autumn.

Dinner doesn't get any easier or more elegant than pasta tossed with butter, olive oil, Parmesan and pecorino Romano cheeses, and dusted with lots of black pepper.

Crackly phyllo that's crisp as autumn leaves give way to tender wild mushrooms in this simple, sumptuous savory strudel.