Last Chance Foods: Use Kabocha for Pumpkin Pie and Kick the Canned Stuff

Last Chance Foods: Use Kabocha for Pumpkin Pie and Kick the Canned Stuff

The crank of a can opener and the wet sound of suction — there’s a distinctly “semi-homemade” quality to many pumpkin pie recipes. With Thanksgiving less than a week away, cookbook author Hiroko Shimbo recommends avoiding canned filling and using kabocha squash in pie instead.