“They’re called Cinderella pumpkins,” my farmer-greengrocer told me when I asked him about the flat, wheel-shaped pumpkins piled in bins next to the butternut squash.
I studied the pearly, buff colored pumpkins. An heirloom vegetable with an enchanting backstory.
Who cared what it tasted like? I picked out the prettiest and bought it.
The friendly checkout lady told [...]
