Halloween treats focus of Dash

Food

Pumpkin Puppy PuffsLight and fluffy, these are a great treat for stuffing into a Kong toy. If you’d like to give them as gifts or just speed up the process, you can use a pastry bag with a decorative tip.Wednesday

Real dinner for Rover

When it comes to feeding their dogs, not everyone is opening up a can of wet food or reaching for a scoop of kibble and plunking it into a bowl.Wednesday

Tips for the kitchen

Fresh-produce how-tos: Zesting citrus. Citrus zest adds almost calorie-free brightness to everything from salad dressings to cakes to main dishes.Monday

The latest issue of dash, the food magazine from the publishers of Parade magazine, is in Wednesday's print edition of The Journal Gazette. Here’s a quick peek at what's inside --

Dashboard: What to do with an excess of apples this fall, and the best way to ice a cake in four easy steps.
Easy entertaining: Start with a batch of cupcakes and a can of frosting, then let the decorating fun begin. Check out instructions on how to make seven spooktacular treats. How to make Franken-Kit Kats.
Shop smart: Put some spice in your life with a recipe for Chicken Tikka Masala.
From epicurious.com: Warm up to fall this season with some of these super-fast recipes for soups and stews, including Spicy Beef Stew, Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup and Curried Pork Stew.
Label to table: A recipe for Sesame-Honey Chicken Stir-Fry. Plus, find meals ready in 30 minutes or less on the new Simple Kitchen blog at dashrecipes.com/simple.
Sweet endings: Have a spoonful of old-fashioned comfort with this recipe of Bread Pudding with Dried Fruit. For a Dark Chocolate Crunch variation, go to dashrecipes.com/breadpudding.