Anybody who has visited this space regularly over the past month knows that I like apples. I have posted stories about: discovering a wild apple tree; a recipe for skillet apple pie; the deep-fried apple beignets I made for Labour Day; and a spiced apple preserve made from apples picked with Not Far From the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘apples’
Not Far From the Mason Jar
Thanks to Not Far From the Tree I have finally had the experience of picking fruit in an urban backyard. Like many other Torontonians I was introduced to this organisation through Toronto Life’s 50 Reasons to Love Toronto article this spring. The idea is so simple that I’m shocked it wasn’t implemented thirty years ago: [...]
Man Talk: Skillet Apple Pie
As an icon apple pie is associated with America and (laterally) with mothers. With the help of Cook’s Illustrated I have developed an apple pie recipe that is far more masculine than the usual. This recipe doesn’t require pre-baking with pie weights, or crimping one level of crust to another, and the portions are pre-cut [...]
How do you like them apples?
The last two weeks of August and the first two of September are, in my opinion, the most interesting time to be at the cottage in Ontario. The lake is at its warmest, the mosquitoes have gone, the nights are cool enough to actually sleep and hot days are now a welcome surprise. Best of [...]
