Date Of The Month: Cook Up Romance at Loretta Paganini School of Cooking

You and your bae have Netflix and chilled through every season of Chef’s Table, yet you still haven’t mastered dinnertime like chef Grant Achatz. The Loretta Paganini School of Cooking in Chesterland can help spice up your kitchen game with its Baking with Pumpkin class Oct. 16. During the 2 1/2-hour class, lead instructor and chef Stefanie Paganini offers advice for making dishes such as cinnamon rolls, creme brulee and caramel cheesecake — all with fall’s favorite gourd. Learn how to incorporate pumpkins into your meals, the benefits of using the fruit (yes, you read that correctly) in your cooking — it’s high in vitamin E, vitamin C and zinc — baking tips for rolling out dough and more. “It’s like watching your favorite food TV show,” says Paganini, “but you get to talk to the chef and try everything you’re watching them make.” Make it a meal to remember by bringing your own bottle of wine or pumpkin ale. But don’t hang up your chef’s coat just yet. As you and your partner sample each dish, plan your own pumpkin-spiced cooking session at home. $55, 8613 Mayfield Road, Chesterland, 440-729-1110, lpscinc.com Before: Bundle up in matching plaid and head over to the 150-acre Patterson Fruit Farm to pick up pumpkins (40 cents per pound) for tomorrow’s breakfast while nabbing a few for carving jack-o’-lanterns. 8765 Mulberry Road, Chesterland, 440-729-1964, pattersonfarm.com