Our resident wildlife, especially fruit-eating birds and mammals, will be kept waiting for a first taste of their autumn feast.
I have prosciutto, followed by tagliatelle with porcini that tastes ripely of autumn, and then the steak: two inches thick, served on the bone, crusty outside, almost purple within.
What's more, the city plays host to a number of autumn festivals, such as Taste MTL (Oct . 30to Nov. 9), where you can sample the offerings at more than 125 dining hot spots around the city.
Eastern Kentucky In bluegrass country, the colors of autumn mingle with the tastes of barrel-aged bourbons and the sight of elegant thoroughbreds.
What does it smell, taste and feel like; what is the significance of autumn colour in the dark?
Cooked as a dish in its own right, as a soup you could serve at lunch in a warmed bowl with a scattering of toasted pumpkinseeds across the top and perhaps a wisp of fried bacon, it tastes of a magical autumn — the sweet, velvety richness of squash run through with coastal salt and hints of faraway spice.
Way deep in our brainstem, we yearn for the smell of a pine forest on a crisp autumn morning, the taste of sturgeon eggs scooped from a lake, the tiny, almost imperceptible caresses of a lover's fingernails when he thinks we are sleeping, even the satisfying press of a Chihuahua against the back of our knee, in bed, in the middle of the night.
Have you felt your tastes move from the pale beers of summer to the richer ales of autumn?
From the first day of fall through Nov. 18, the Strings of Autumn (www.strunypodzimu.cz) offers a kissing cousin of the long-running Prague Spring concert series, but more diverse in taste.
