Back in 2008 I was lucky enough to be invited to deliver a paper I wrote on kumara at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. Since the theme was vegetables I wrote a paper called “Sweet As.

Our version of a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie uses the good old kumara. This is a must-try dessert. It is beautifully spiced and the filling has a velvety texture that melts in your mouth.