Pumpkin bread is fall perfection, whether you’re eating it for breakfast, as a snack, or an after dinner treat. You may have slathered cream cheese on it in years past — but not this year. This year, you’re going all out, and topping it with slabs of buttery brie.

A thick slice of pumpkin bread layered with a few thin slices of Brie cheese is one of my great guilty pleasures for breakfast or lunch. If it sounds like a weird combination to you, just think about the interplay of warm autumnal slices and creamy tang you find in a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. You get the same hit from pumpkin bread with Brie, but with — in my opinion — a little more elegance.

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Rebecca Haley-Park

Rebecca Haley-Park is culture's former editor and resident stinky cheese cheerleader. A native New Englander, she holds a BFA in creative writing from University of Maine at Farmington.