I can feel summer dying into autumn and I’m pining for both – holding still to warm, sunny days and longing for the promises of Fall. If you follow me, you’ve heard me say it once or twice already – I love when the turning of the seasons is palpable.…
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Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts
“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” – Lauren DeStefano The arrival of apple cider doughnuts at our local farm stand marks the unofficial start of the new…
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Baked Apples
It’s apple picking season! With so many of us heading to the orchards, I wanted to share a quintessential autumn treat, baked apples. Brown sugar, cinnamon & a pinch of nutmeg fill the hollows of cored apples while a homemade buttery crumble tops the apples, seeping into the hollows to…
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Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Vanilla
“The Indians and English use them much, boiling them with sugar for sauce to eat with their meat. And it is a delicate sauce” – John Josselyn 1671 (first written reference to cranberry sauce) Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Vanilla uses whole, fresh cranberries, and is cooked down to a…