Nothing beats a great apple pie this time of year

Fresh apple pie hot from the oven what bliss Being a Midwest girl from Northeast Ohio I am particularly drawn to apples. Remember Johnny Appleseed? When we were kids my father took us and our bag of dropped apples to a cider mill nearby where our apples were popped in a bin with everyone else’s and we certainly enjoyed that pungent juice comingled with many varieties. Today most grocery stores have a full load of varieties in rotation: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, McIntosh, Rome Beauty, Fuji, Jonathan and Gala, And that's nothing compared to the 15,000 breeds that... Read more →