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It’s hard to believe November has started. We thought about doing a round up of all the Day of the Dead and Hallowe’en posts that we’ve seen but instead thought we’d just share three great posts that help to transport us away from the gloom of November, to somewhere more exotic.

1. We got very excited when we saw a post abut how to cook Lamb Shank Adobo on Dinner Diary. It’s a great dish that they have done proud. Now we are in Autumn this slow cooked treats come into their own, but Mexican style!

2. World Foodie Guide has published a guest post about the food scene in Istanbul. You can almost taste Istanbul as it seeps through your monitor’s pixels. Would it be possible to do something similar for Oaxaca or Mexico City?

3. Meanwhile, over on A Slice of Cherry Pie, Julia has hosted another of her excellent contests that asked bloggers to submit their favourite Keith Floyd recipes as a way of saying a fond farewell. We love the fact that the Kenyan Goat Feast won.

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A few of our favourite Day of the Dead recipes

Day of the Dead Cocktail

For Day of the Dead, we got Sami our barman to dream up a delicious Day of the Dead cocktail which is so good we’ve given it a permanent place on the menu.

In a cocktail shaker add:

35ml of aged 100% agave tequila

80ml of fresh pineapple juice

and the juice of half a lime

Shake vigorously and pour into a tall glass filled with ice.

Carefully top with a good splash of red wine and garnish with mint. (To get an eerie effect pour the wine in over the back of a table spoon so it sits on top).

Chorizo, pumpkin and thyme quesadillas

Quesadillas, crispy and oozing with melted cheese and anything else you fancy is always a winner.  The sweet flavour of pumpkin seems to go incredibly well with chorizo.  This very easy recipe will take very little time to put together and makes a delicious, relaxed dinner.  I like to eat it with a crisp Cos lettuce, sesame seed and avocado salad.

Enough for 4 large quesadillas

500g slice of pumpkin, peeled and cut into rough chunks

½ onion, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, chopped

200g chopped chorizo sausage meat

A small bunch of thyme, shredded

Olive oil

200g extra mature cheddar cheese, grated

200g grated mozzarella

4 large corn tortillas

Steam the pumpkin until tender, about 15-20 minutes.  Allow to cool, before dicing up into small pieces.  Cook the onion in a heavy-bottomed pan with the chorizo until the onion is soft and translucent and the chorizo has started to release its oil.  Add the garlic and cook for a further five minutes before adding the diced pumpkin and thyme.  Season to taste.

Spread the chorizo mix on one half of the tortilla and sprinkle with the cheese mix.  Fold the tortilla over so that you have a half moon. Brush it with a little olive oil (so the tortilla doesn’t stick to the pan) and place in hot, dry frying pan or griddle and cook until golden and crisp.

Cut into wedges and serve with a roast jalapeno salsa or fresh tomato salsa and sour cream.