My family definitely takes a break (and sometimes a walk) between the meal and pie. (The walk sounds healthy, but actually it enables more pie.)

@fab: one of my cookbooks has a recipe for chestnut soup -- involving sherry and topped with foamed milk and grated nutmeg. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds really good. (The cookbook is "a...

I made this a while back, but tweaked the recipe a bit to reduce the amount of butter. Also, I used azuki ...

Pureed and baked into mac and cheese (with cheddar and gruyere) or soup.