Photograph: Tsering Topgyal/AP 5.15pm BST A man works on a pumpkin 'peanut' in Seyuan of Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province.
"We are working on a Southern-style pepitoria of benne seeds, pumpkin seeds, pecans, and roasted peanuts.
Pre-salted celery has been successfully grown, and someone is at work on a pumpkin which will contain cinnamon and clove, ready for going into a pie.
The following month Corgan confirmed on the band's website that 19-year-old Spirits in the Sky drummer Mike Byrne had replaced Chamberlin and that the pair was working on new Pumpkins recordings.
But given the season, let's assume you're working with a pumpkin.
If you have other paint at home but aren't sure if it'll work on the pumpkin, test it out on a small part of the pumpkin to see if it sticks first.
"The album cover has become just a pictographic button, some little thing on a Web site that you can click on to listen to or purchase some music," said Frank Olinsky, a designer who has worked on covers for Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth.
Be sure you're working with pure pumpkin, not using a can of filling for pumpkin pie.
"I scheduled my chemotherapy so I could continue to work," Zucker says, spearing a pumpkin ravioli.
