Food & Wine – Fine cornmeal is cooked into an exquisitely smooth polenta before it’s bolstered not only with the usual additions of butter and Parmesan, but also freshly roasted and mashed butternut squash. The result is silky and slightly sweet, with an unmistakably fall flavour profile.

Credit: Food & Wine/Photo by Jen Causey/Food Styling by Julian Hensarling/Prop Styling by Josh Hoggle