• a truckload of watermelons
• rainbow cakes
• squaw bread
• egg-in-the-hole and bacon
• black cherry concoctions
• the last of the eggnog and wassail
• presteaming fresh young vegetables -- zucchini, yellow squash, corn on the cob, mushrooms -- and then grilling them for a woodsy smoke flavor
• chestnuts roasting in ancient iron skillets
• early American pear pie
• whipped yams flavored with vanilla, dotted with raisins and streaked with marshmallow
• pizza and the mall
• Kellogg's Raisin Bran cereal
• chocolates and champagne
• sipping apple juice right from the press and shopping the farm stands for corn, squash, pumpkins, and peaches