Winning Apple Pies
CONGRATULATIONS to the wife-and-husband team of Lori and Michael Meiners and their four-year-old son, Jack, winners in this year’s Great…
A Corail is a Pinova, an Apple Crostata is Like a Galette
APPLE VARIETIES have a long tradition of having multiple names. Before it became Baldwin, the apple was known as Woodpecker,…
The Apple Pies of Our Eyes
THE APPLE’S unique status as a cultural icon takes on special meanings in America when baked in a pie. Apple…
Apple Pie Time
GET READY to reset your inner clocks this weekend, and turn up your ovens. With the holidays less than a…
The Classic All-purpose Cortland
THERE MAY NOT BE a better all-purpose apple than Cortland. It has long been known for its excellence in pies….
New England Apples from the USA
THE AMAZING APPLE has traveled back and forth across America since its arrival in New England in 1623, and nearly…
Winning Apple Pies Feature Golden Delicious, and a Mix
JUDGING BEGAN earlier this year, late morning rather than early afternoon, and that meant a change in routine. Like a…
Apple Pies! Pies! Pies!
MORE THAN 60 pies from around New England graced the tables at the 3rd Annual Great New England Pie Contest…
Scenes From a New England Orchard (and Apple Hermits)
THE DAY BEGAN damp and dreary, but Bolton Orchards in Bolton, Massachusetts, was beautiful nonetheless on Sunday, with a few…
Pears with Apples (Like Shamrock, Honeycrisp, and Hudson’s Golden Gem)
PEARS PLAY a supporting role to apples in New England. You never hear of a pear orchard with a few apple…
Notes From an Apple Pie Judge
THIRTY-FIVE APPLE PIES in less than two hours. I paced myself this year, taking two bites from each — just…