Halloween!

the day was quite busy! i cooked a lot the day before and held a class. here are some of my students decorating paper mache pumpkins after some gumbo lunch and a lot of snacky foods . . .


Yokies made an apple crumble pie! here it is pre-oven:


and baked golden goodness after! i love my new tart pan:


the "candy bar":


and the dessert bar at night:


yep, that's a tower of fudgey pumpkin brownies:


the bevy/wine bar:


veggie plate:


and my gumbo. i think it turned out very good this year:


chris AKA astro boy (i think he just likes to be naked):


scary movies and lots of food:


pikachu dusty:



neil shows us his freaky finger trick over dessert:

dusty taps into his inner pikachu:



good times!