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Category Archives: apple

Holy Habaneros!

WOW. It’s September!? Where did the time go? I never imagined back in February when I first read Molly Wizenberg’s book, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, that in just a few months I’d relate to it so deeply. Literally, about 5 months after finishing it, my life was turned into [...]


September 02, 2011

Who needs turkey? Gimme the cakes!

Actually, I really like turkey. So give me both. Despite how I feel about Thanksgiving’s history, I do love this time of year. I don’t like winter much, and snow is my kryptonite, but I love autumn. I love fall leaves, and pumpkin picking, and fall baking. And fall clothes! They’re clearly the best. So [...]


November 05, 2010

Easy as pie. Or a dumpling.

Many people overload on pumpkin this time of year. Here, it seems to be an equal amount of apples and pumpkin. Like I said last week, apples have been synonymous with Halloween and fall forever. Because of that, there are always multitudes of apples floating around my house from September to November. I can never [...]


October 27, 2010

Bobbing for apple muffins.

Halloween has always been synonymous with apples. Bobbing for apples has been a Halloween-party staple since God knows when. And since fall is prime apple-picking season, it’s no surprise lots of fall recipes include apple cider or apples. Apple bobbing originates from Celtic times when Halloween was called Samhain in some Gaelic languages, when apples [...]


October 22, 2010

Aprons & Apple Cider donuts.

Before I go ANY further with this post, I have to show you all a gift I received from my friend Yoyo (You remember her? She runs topstitch.org and has an Artfire store? Hayley Williams from Paramore got some of her handmade stuff at a meet & greet? She’s totally awesome and has her own [...]


October 23, 2009