This silky squash pasta sauce is a hit over ravioli, in stuffed shells, as part of lasagna or as a dipping sauce

This silky squash pasta sauce is a hit over ravioli, in stuffed shells, as part of lasagna or as a dipping sauce

By Karla Walsh, CNN (CNN) — For Dan Pelosi, the first whisper of crisp autumnal temperatures means one thing: It’s pumpkin season. For far too long, pumpkin, and pumpkin spice in particular, has been “dinged as basic,” Pelosi said — the territory of “messy-bun sporting and scarf-wielding” coffee shop patrons, he noted in his new cookbook, “Let’s Party: Recipes and Menus for Celebrating Every Day.” But Pelosi fully embraces the cliché, slipping o…