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10/31/2026

🕯️ When Halloween’s candles burn low, an older season of remembrance begins.

Discover Allhallowtide, All Saints, All Souls, and the curious history of soul cakes. 🍂🫖

Explore Allhallowtide, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, and the history of souling and soul cakes, from medieval England to forgotten kitchen traditions.

10/31/2026

🎃🕯️ **A Hallowe'en Gathering — Stories from the Kitchen!** 👻🍎

Before Halloween became a night of costumes, candy, and trick-or-treating, it was a celebration filled with curious customs, old superstitions, fortune-telling games, and traditions carried across oceans.

This Hallowe'en, join me at **The Kitchen Radio Hour** as we revisit the fascinating history of the holiday—from the old customs of Allhallowtide to the changing celebrations of early America and the Halloween traditions of the twentieth century.

There are newspaper discoveries, forgotten festivities, a little mischief, and perhaps a ghost or two along the way! 👻

So pour yourself something warm, settle into a comfortable chair, and enjoy a journey through Hallowe'ens past.

🎙️ **The Kitchen Radio Hour — Stories from the kitchen, for wherever you're listening.**

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10/30/2026

🕯️🍪 Soul Cakes for Allhallowtide

Long before Halloween meant costumes and candy, there was the old custom of souling—visiting homes, offering prayers, and receiving small cakes in return.
Come explore the history, recipe, and photographs from our kitchen.

Discover the history of soul cakes and make a historically inspired Allhallowtide recipe with oats, currants, butter, and warming spices.

10/29/2026

👻🕯️ **The Ghost Story That Entered a Murder Trial**

In 1897, a young woman named Zona Heaster Shue died in West Virginia.

Her mother later made an extraordinary claim: that Zona's spirit had returned to reveal the truth about her death.

What followed became one of America's most fascinating ghost legends, intertwining a real murder investigation with a story of supernatural visitation.

But what do the historical records actually tell us?

🎙️ Join us for another mysterious excerpt from *The Kitchen Radio Hour — The Halloween We Inherited*, the final chapter of our four-part Halloween history series.

🍂 Listen to the complete episode at **Life In Bianca's Kitchen dot Com**.

You've heard the story. You've heard what we could find.

🎃 **Fact? Fiction? Or suburban legend?**

10/28/2026

A Hallowe’en Party in 1912: Fortune-Telling, Games & Old-Fashioned Amusements.”

Step into a Hallowe’en party in 1912, with vintage costumes, romantic fortunes, apple games, and real newspaper accounts of celebrations in Ogden, Utah....

Discover a Halloween party in 1912 through vintage magazines and newspapers, with Edwardian costumes, fortune-telling, apple games, and party traditions.

10/28/2026

📰🎃 **The Headline That Hid the Truth**

Sometimes the headline is more frightening than the facts behind it.

Throughout the twentieth century, alarming newspaper reports helped shape America's fears about Halloween candy. But when we return to the historical record, the stories aren't always quite what people remember.

What was fact, what was misunderstanding, and what became an enduring Halloween legend?

🎙️ Join us for another excerpt from *The Kitchen Radio Hour — The Halloween We Inherited*, the finale of our four-part Halloween history series.

🍂 Listen to the complete episode at **Life In Bianca's Kitchen dot Com**.

10/27/2026

Old-Fashioned Beef Stroganoff | The Crockpot Supper Club

Tender beef and earthy mushrooms simmer slowly with thyme in a rich, savory sauce before being finished with a comforting touch of creaminess. Served over tender egg noodles, this old-fashioned slow cooker beef stroganoff makes a wonderfully satisfying autumn supper....

Make old-fashioned slow cooker beef stroganoff with tender beef, mushrooms, thyme, and a rich, creamy sauce. A comforting family supper.

10/27/2026

An Old-Fashioned Hallowe’en Party: Games, Favors & Amusements from 1928

Step into a Halloween celebration from another era with original party ideas from Dennison's Party Magazine (1928). Discover ghostly gatherings, pumpkin-themed games, vintage decorations, and a charming Cinderella paper-party activity from The Ladies' Home Journal (1912), complete with free black-and-white and color printables....

Explore vintage Halloween party ideas from 1928, historic games and decorations, plus free Cinderella paper doll printables inspired by a 1912 magazine.

10/27/2026

The Crockpot Supper Club — Recipe #4 🍂
Smoky Pumpkin Chili with Dark Chocolate

Our October table ends with something a little mysterious. Smoky chili, sweet pumpkin, warming spices, and just enough dark chocolate to deepen the pot without turning it sweet.

It’s hearty, cozy, and made for one of those late-October evenings when darkness comes a little earlier and supper has been quietly cooking all afternoon. 🎃🍫🍲

New on Life in Bianca’s Kitchen
Find the full recipe on our website | Life In Bianca's Kitchen dot com 🍂

10/27/2026

🎃 Not every Halloween candy scare was an urban legend.

In 1974, a terrible crime helped shape one of America's most enduring Halloween fears.

But what really happened? And how did the story change the way families thought about trick-or-treating?

Join us for a little Halloween history from **The Kitchen Radio Hour**. 🎙️🕯️

🍂 Listen to *The Halloween We Inherited*, the final chapter of our four-part Halloween series.

Find the full episode at **Life In Bianca's Kitchen dot Com**.