Pumpkin features prominently in both sweet and savory dishes that are part of Mexican culinary tradition. The article highlights three Oaxaca-style recipes that showcase the vegetable. The first recipe is a spicy pumpkin soup known as chilecaldo. The second dish, pipilitas, uses pumpkin in small fried patties. The third offering is tamales filled with pumpkin and chocolate, called tamales de támala con chocolate.