PAIRED: Pumpkins - roasting seeds to pumpkin soup on Blog Talk Radio

This week on Paired with Chef Mary and wine expert Duane Pemberton will be talking about pumpkins, spiced pumpkin soup, savory pumpkin dish, salad with toasted pumpkin seeds and roasted pumpkin.

For this episode, Duane looks to the folks at Pacific Rim Winery to find the perfect match for the goodness that is pumpkin. We taste through their Brut Sparkling Riesling, 2013 Gewurztraminer and 2012 Columbia Valley Dry Riesling.

Chef Mary is a classically trained chef and certified nutritionist. Duane Pemberton is a traveled wine expert - an every day guy that has learned the art of wine - not based on a point scale, but based on what tastes good to him, and you.

Combining the two, Chef Mary and Duane help you to understand the foods you eat, how to prepare great foods for guests or family and what makes the perfect beverage - wine, cider, beer - what ever pairs great with the food, the conversation and the friends you spend time with. Read more from Chef Mary at Hail Mary Food of Grace