Weekly Love: Week 139 + Win Foodies Festival Christmas Tickets

• 5 Ways To Make Your Carved Halloween Pumpkin Last Longer.
• Claire reviews Ember Yard in Soho. Right, that is going to the top of my list, then!
• I always adore the editorials shot by the guys at Kiel James Patrick. I’m especially in love with at the moment with the teams trip out apple picking and choosing their Halloween pumpkins.
• The 22 Best Desserts in L.A.. I agree with the macarons at Bottega Louie Downtown!
• Paper /Plates’s interview with Izy from Top With Cinnamon reminds me why we’re friends.
• My favourite Leeds food blogger Amy has sat down with The Loveliest Food to share her picks of the best places to eat, shop and stay in the city. You can also find my guide to Canterbury and the surrounding area I wrote for The Loveliest Food here. 
• Molly has put tother a brilliant guide to making the perfect breakfast in bed. 
• Refinery 29’s guide to L.A.’s Koreatown gives you things to do when you go there to lunch at Soot Bull Jeep. It is one of my favourite restaurants in the world. 
• Jessica visits the simply stunning Plitvice Lakes National Park.
• How to make a cheap bottle of wine taste amazing. 
• Did you know that all the past White House Social Secretaries hold a luncheon where they can pass on hints and advice to the current Social Secretary? Lea Berman, the Bush administrations Social Secretary and my new favourite blogger has also written a fascinating piece on the order of an afternoon reception following an invitation to the White House. 
• Wozedu has written a great guide on how to register as self employed if you’re in the UK.
• Mani has taken some fantastic pictures of Sydney’s Night Noodle Market.
• What to do in Berlin on a cold, rainy day. 

This month over on my Borough Market column I’ve put together a very ‘October’ style meal that can be made in advance, then stashed in the freezer for whenever you want something last minute. To start, a Freeze Ahead Pork & Pumpkin Ragu that I will admit to being super proud of (stay tuned for the recipe!) Just boil pasta while the sauce heats up, and toss to serve. To follow, for National Chocolate Week I put together a No-churn Chocolate & Cardamom Ice Cream, which went through so many tests before I could get the recipe right, I’m frankly embarrassed at the amount of double cream I got through. Though, I promise that the end product is delicious, and even my Father enjoyed it; he usually hates chocolate ice cream!

 Finally, for the students (or time and or money strapped young professionals among you) I just want to link you over to the latest couple of recipes of mine that have gone live as part of my weekly ‘Student Suppers’ column over at Wozedu. Pictured above, we have a great method for mixing pesto and cheese into baked sweet potatoes for a super simple solo supper in my Pesto & Mozzarella Sweet Baked Potatoes. Also, great if you live far from campus so you can’t just pop home for lunch, or you have an internship you have to rush too in the afternoons (I ate way too many meals on the District Line to Westminster my final year!) I have a suped up, store cupboard Ultimate Tuna Pasta Salad that is great on the go.

7. Yet more new season produce at Borough Market. | 8. I can’t be trusted to go to the supermarket it seems. But gin and good literature are essentials, right? | 9. Still at Borough Market, here. Lunching on my favourite Duck Confit Sandwiches. | 10. Fig & Almond Tart with (simply incredible) Chestnut & Honey Ice Cream at Plum + Spilt Milk. | 11. Speaking of chestnuts, quantifying the chestnut and walnut gathering haul from my trip to the French house at the beginning of the month in the corner of the larder. I in no way think that we went overboard. | 12. Cute and funny tote bags at West Elm’s London store on Tottenham Court Road.