Roasted Kabocha Squash with Black Trumpet Mushrooms and Madeira

This is a “first taste of autumn” dish for me. It’s late October, the tomatoes are gone, the eggplants and peppers are dwindling down, and there’s a distinct nip in the air. This time of year I start craving those deeper, heartier flavors that one just doesn’t get at summer picnics and barbecues. Black trumpet mushrooms are a delicious harbinger of chilly weather and holidays. They have a deep, nutty, and intensely earthy flavor that complements the rich, soft flesh of cold-weather squash l