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Thanksgiving - A Day to Express Gratitude By Photographer and Contributor Simie Seaman

Thanksgiving is upon us. I have to say, fall is one of my most favorite times of the year – first there is Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and then Christmas. The decorations, the music, the food, the holiday spirit – I love it. But I feel Thanksgiving has gone by the wayside because Christmas has a lot more appeal. We get so excited for Christmas that Thanksgiving receives far less attention. Thanksgiving is a beautiful holiday.

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Haunted Chocolate Spice Houses by Pastry Chef Tracey Oshiro

Gingerbread houses are a fun holiday activity to do with the kids around Christmas time so why not take the same activity into your Halloween celebration.

For my Haunted Chocolate Spice houses, I use the gingerbread house cookie cutter and decorate it with Halloween candy and use chocolate molds to create spooky skulls, tombstones and ghosts. For the roof, I used shredded wheat cereal. The Death by Chocolate Brownie gives the perfect texture and ground to place your haunted house.

I will be teaching how to make this Haunted Chocolate Spice house at Le Gourmet Culinary (www.legourmetculinary.com) October 24th and 31st 9am.

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