My small college didn’t have a very exciting meal plan (sorry, Moore), but they did make a roasted butternut squash soup that changed my life. I’ve never been a huge fan of pumpkin pie (unless it has butter pecans and chocolate toffee bits added to it), so this butternut squash soup was my first encounter with winter squash that made me fall in love with the vegetable. This led to an unhealthy obsession with the triple squash soup at Whole Foods. (That + a mini baguette + an apple + a hunk of good cheddar was my favorite dinner for when I just couldn’t handle eating in the dining hall.)  [Read more…]