Monday, September 2, 2019

ATKT: Around the Kitchen Table -- Beginning or Ending? Book #giveaway




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Sheila Connolly: Happy Labor Day! Am I the only one who has mixed feelings about that day?

According to Wikipedia, Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. That's the official version, anyway, but that's not usually the first thing most of us think of, because Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans.

And it's also kind of symbolic of the autumn harvest. Most of us are a long way from anything agricultural, but when I started writing the Orchard Mysteries, I started planting apple trees in my front yard. My eldest, a Northern Spy, is now 12 years old, and the apples are just beginning to ripen (it's always late--I've got other trees that are ready to go!). The Northern Spy is a good representative of New England: Originated in New York in the early 1800s, the tree blooms late to avoid late-spring frosts. Fruit is large, bright red, and exceptionally juicy, with a crisp tender texture. One of the best apples ever to grace a pie, yet delightful when eaten fresh. Ripens in October and can keep up to 5 months.

Northern Spy (not ripe yet!)
Hudson's Golden Gem (delightfully crisp--
if you ever come across one, try it!)
and neighbor/helper Henry,
who turned 17 this year

What about you? Do you have a favorite harvest fruit or vegetable? Or a favorite dish?

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Daryl: I love pumpkin and all the squashes. I'm particularly fond of acorn squash as long as someone else has cut it up for me. I don't "wear" fall colors, but I do like seeing them on a plate. The rich oranges, the hearty greens. One of my favorite ways to cook veggies is chopped up, rolled in olive oil and salt, and set to bake on a baking sheet at around 350 for 15-25 minutes, depending on the density of the vegetable. Yum. So easy. So tasty. One of the ways I love to eat pumpkin is baked in something sweet. Ha! Does it still count as a vegetable? Starbucks is all about pumpkin, so last year I made this gluten-free version of the Starbucks pumpkin scone. Delish!



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LESLIE: Our house came with a lovely old Red Delicious tree. The fruit needs a light frost to fully ripen and sweeten, and it seems like every year, we're fighting the black bears for the fruit. In fact, Mr. Right says we never have to wonder when the apples will ripen -- the bears will tell us!

Like Daryl, I love squash and have shared quite a few recipes here. Love pumpkin, too, but not in coffee. (You love it? Good! I'll give you my share of the pumpkin spiced lattes in the world, and we'll both be happy!) In scrolling through the archives, I discovered a wonderful recipe I posted my first year here that combines apples and pumpkin, Gingered Pumpkin Apple Soup

But no, I'm not inviting Mr. Bear. he can make his own soup.

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PEG: Hubby's family owns a wholesale produce company started by his great-grandfather in 1896. His grandfather was a civil engineer due to go to India to build a hemp plant but when his wife objected, he instead took over the produce business.  His grandparents used to move around according to the harvest season--winters at a home in Florida for the citrus crop, a stop in North Carolina along the way north to check on the peach crop, Maryland to visit their asparagus farm, a quick stop in NJ to check in at the office, and finally summers in Vermont at their apple orchard.  My father-in-law (also a civil engineer) took over the business from his father and now my brother-in-law (an electrical engineer) runs the company.  Ironically my husband doesn't really like vegetables unless they are smothered in hollandaise. And he's not an engineer
although he does think like one.


 I love the fall season and all the varieties of apples but I'm a summer fruit and veggie girl. Love making desserts with berries and peaches as well as dishes like ratatouille that take advantage of all the summer vegetables. Blueberry clafouti is a favorite summer dessert.  I've shared a recipe here:
https://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/2015/07/its-as-american-as-blueberryclafouti.html
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By Labor Day, I'm usually ready for the heat of summer to go away. Plus I love the fall.  I like the leaves changing and the chill in the air, and most of all, pumpkin spice! I live it in my coffee creamer, in my waffles, and in my cornbread. Did you know that pumpkin puree can be substituted for butter, oil, and eggs in any recipe? And surprisingly, in something like chocolate brownies, you can't taste the pumpkin, but it makes the brownies super moist.


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LUCY BURDETTE: For me, this season is all about the peaches! We are almost always in Connecticut in the fall and we live near a place called Bishop's Orchards. They harvest blueberries, and raspberries, and apples in succession--I love them all but my very favorite is peaches. I come home with enormous baskets of them and let them ripen a few days on the counter. Then we eat them in everything! Stop back here on Thursday for my peach and cucumber salad recipe and links to other favorites...

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ESSIE: I love squash! Any kind, any time, any way. But my very favorite (at this moment anyway) is spaghetti squash. There are so many ways to enjoy this really flavorful and pretty side. Grill it, microwave it, bake it; add butter, add nutmeg, add salt and pepper; dice it, slice it, or the best yet, fork it out of the shell so that you have all those delightful threads of spaghetti to arrange artfully on the plate or bowl. It goes with just about anything and really, is so, so easy to prepare, once the initial slicing it in half is done. I've enjoyed it for so many years and suggest, if you've not tried it, there's no better time than now!

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CLEO COYLE: Fall is my favorite time of year, and I always look forward to cooking with apples and pumpkins, but Labor Day also marks the end of summer gardening. As a Depression era child, my dad and his big Italian family relied on their gardening to get them through hard times. As a result, we always had a large summer garden. At this time of year, the heavenly sent of cooking tomatoes permeated the house. If you’ve never made spaghetti sauce from fresh tomatoes, you owe yourself the experience of doing it at least once in your life. A few years ago, as a tribute to my late father, I shared a basic, step-by-step tutorial (along with a little more background about my family). For the recipe, with a free PDF, click here: How to Make My Father's Meatless Italian Spaghetti Sauce from Fresh Tomatoes. May you eat, cook, and read with end-of-summer joy! ~ Cleo 
                                                               

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VICKI DELANY: Tomatoes. I always say tomatoes are my one true love (after children and grandchildren of course). And, like most true loves, only the real thing will do. Since I moved to Ontario farm country, I've discovered the variety and marvelousness of heirloom tomatoes. I eat so many tomatoes at this time of year, I 'm surprised I don't turn red. Like Cleo, I make fresh pasta with cherry tomatoes (recipe provided last week), Italian bread salad (mostly made up of tomatoes). I make tons of soup and pasta sauce for the freezer, and freeze whole tomatoes (you don't have to blanch them, just cut off the stem and freeze) and they're fine for cooking with all year. I generally avoid supermarket tomatoes the rest of the year, because there simply is no taste to them, and fresh tomatoes are worth waiting for. 




What about you? Do you have a favorite harvest fruit or vegetable? Or a favorite dish?

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SHOT IN THE DARK, by Cleo Coyle (new paperback edition)
TOASTING UP TROUBLE, by Linda Wiken
THE DIVA SWEETENS THE PIE, by Krista Davis
SIFTING THROUGH CLUES, by Daryl Wood Gerber





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126 comments:

  1. I have visited a working apple orchard in Pennsylvania and watched a demonstration of the cider press and had some wonderful apple cider donuts and, of course, apple cider. I have a Harvest Apple candle that reminds me of that visit and of places that actually have an autumn -- here in South Texas, we have fall for about 2 days in November, if that! bobandcelia@sbcglobal.net

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    1. Celia, isn't it fun to visit one? I did in San Diego. ~ Daryl

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    2. Thanks for that apple cider donut reminder, Celia! I haven't done a pick-your-own apple orchard visit in years, and I'd sure love to do it again. (The fresh donuts are always wonderful!)

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  2. I love anything with pumpkin in it. rblmm69@yahoo.com

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    1. I'm still not sure about pumpkin coffee. Hmm. ~ Daryl

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  3. Don't really have any one thing favorite-I like most everything :) Except pumpkin which I am allergic to :(. We've been to an apple orchard before and saw how they made cider. LOve the Fall season best of all. So many beautiful colors and things. Vicki nvictoria77(at)yahoo(dot)com

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    1. Aw, Vicki, how sad to be allergic to a basic food. I'm allergic to gluten, so I know your pain. ~ Daryl

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  4. i just love going to the orchard for apples. and cider slushies. then making good old apple crisp ....reminds me of my grandmother.....have to have some good vanilla ice cream with it

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  5. When we lived in Ontario every Fall we would pick apples. Such a wonderful outing. Spy's, Mac's, and this was always a special time for the family. I miss those days. I enjoy tomatoes and eat them everyday. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  6. Soon it will be out New Year and I make a very delectable apple cake every year which is appreciated and devoured by the family. Apples are my favorite and most enjoyed fruit since we grew up in an area which had beautiful apple orchards. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

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    1. Happy early new year, Petite. Enjoy the apples. ~ Daryl

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  7. Fall is my favorite time of the year because finally the Texas heat abates & we have cooler weather after a long summer. I love pumpkin, spaghetti squash, apples and tomatoes too so reading this blog was a wonderful experience & makes me want to immediately use all of those foods! I never realized pumpkin puree could be used in so many ways Denise. I love cooking with it but have always used it only for baking pumpkin things.

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  8. I love fresh fruit. I love these authors too.

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  9. I love all the fresh apples for sure! aiellorima@gmail.com

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    1. Rima, you're the winner of this giveaway by random selection. We'll be in touch to get your mailin address. Congrats! ~ Daryl

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  10. I love apple slices with caramel dip or apple crisp

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  11. Would love to win! Looking for some new authors and series to read. Thanks for the chance. tessacaroli@gmail.com

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  12. Fall is my favorite time of year. Every year I take my kids apple picking. I love Honey Crisp apples. Hopefully they will be ripe when we go to pick them.

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  13. I love the apples that become available this time of year..centraleast2 at gmail dot com

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  14. Fall always makes me think of caramel apples.
    turtle6422 at gmail dot com

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  15. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin! Thank you for the chance to win. pgpeyatt@yahoo.com

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    1. Gaylene - Sharing the pumpkin love with you! xoxo

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  16. I love apples and pumpkins, especially in baking. While I don’t like to rush into Fall, it is easy to get excited when the stores start with the pumpkin spice everything! :)

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    1. Lola - You're right about the stores signaling the change of season. Last week, I was admiring the cool spooky Halloween display at our local Michael's craft store. Come on Fall!

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  17. I love fresh apples and making homemade applesauce and apple crisp. Thank you for the chance to win one of these fabulous books! ioncookbooks(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  18. I'm with Lucy about the peaches!... my favorite "late summer" treat. Every time I eat one, I have fond childhood memories of the delicious peaches from northern Ohio. Looking forward to your recipe on Thursday, Lucy.

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  19. Blackberry patches aremy favorite because they bribg back memories of my grandparents'farm from childhood, and I love them too! Blackberry cobler is one of my favorite desserts.
    browninggloria(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  20. Apples for apple pie. cheetahthecat1986ATgmailDOTcom

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  21. I love tomatoes and squash, they are my favorites. I also like apples but since I developed an allergy to them a few years ago, I can no longer eat them☹️. staceytoney6@gmail.com

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  22. I love Fall! I grew up in Michigan and we had apple and peach orchards across the street from our house. My Mom always used Spy apples for baking and she made the best English Apple Pie. Love the cooler weather and enjoying the beauty of Fall.
    diannekc8(at)gmail(dot)com

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  23. Sheila, the Northern Spy apple is wonderful! We used to be able to get it from this hidden away guy in NJ. But I doubt he is still there and we aren't either.

    Vicky, when you say to cut off the stem, how much of the tomato flesh do you cut out with it before freezing? Di they go in a freezer bag?

    libbydodd at comcast dot net

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  24. Happy Labor Day, blog pals! I accidentally scrolled down too far on the page and in scrolling back to get to the comment window, saw OODLES of apple recipes in our index -- so all you apple lovers, which is most of us, right? can cook and crunch and munch to our little hearts' content!

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  25. I love Fall, my favorite time of the year. I love the smell of Pumpkin spice, anything pumpkin. My favorite is Peach cobbler during the fall.

    strgth4yu(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  26. Fall is my favorite season & love visiting orchards around that time. I'm a strawberry lover & love cherry pie.

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  27. Who doesn't love caramel apples?!
    smurphee@yahoo.com

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  28. Fall is my comfort season!!! I just love everything about it. I love the cooler weather and have so much more energy! Taking walks, apple and pumpkin picking, it's just so wonderful. rockergoddess 2002 at yahoo dot com

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  29. My fave fruit is blueberries I love putting them in pancakes and cereal thanks for the chance Angelcake12 at optonline dot net

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    1. Tiffey - We see wonderful blueberries at this time of year, too. Agree on the pancakes and cereal -- and packed into pie, of course!

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  30. I love baking with pumpkin---and just plain eating the new apples.
    farrell@crosslake.net

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  31. I love to eat pumpkin pie and have a recipe to make it from a pumpkin vs from canned pumpkin. I live near a cider mill and love cider. The only problem is I like smaller amounts then what is usually sold in the area. rblerner@ptd.net is omst used e-mail.

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  32. Fall equals roasted butternut squash. I could eat it all day long, every day. Another fall love is the smell of chrysanthemums. Their fragrance takes me back to the Thanksgiving Day high football game.

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  33. I loved fresh picked apples and real cider when we lived in Ohio and Minnesota. In Minnesota we actually had an apple orchard in town and beginning in mid August apples would start showing up in their store. I think they must have had at least 20 varieties they grew. Honey crisp was a new variety and remains my favorite to this day. Here in Houston we have a clementine tree and it is just about ready to start picking yummy citrus. My brother has a Meyer lemon tree and I hear it is loaded this year.

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  34. Love Fall and picking apples and pumpkin pie and the leaves falling.

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  35. I grew up eating fresh food all summer and what my mother canned the rest of the year. My husband and I love visiting locals orchards in the fall for fresh fruit. We have two apple trees in our years and we can’t wait until they finally bear fruit. We are growing Northern Spy for cooking and Honeycrisp for eating. Dawnm89us at yahoo dot com

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  36. I love to harvest tomatoes! Can them and use them in chili during the winter months!

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  37. Love the abundance of vegetables and fruits. Really like the variety of apples & squashes.

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  38. I Love tomatoes. Tomato pie or fried green tomatoes. I used to freeze whole tomatoes to add to my chili all winter

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    1. Linda - Great idea on adding the summer garden tomatoes to your homemade chili. We'll have to do that!

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  39. I’d love to add these to my collection!!

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  40. I have been to apple orchard's up in the New England States. It is so amazing what a fresh apple tastes like! I also found some new apples I love now! Like the Empire and Cortland! I would love to have all these books to add to my collections! Thanks for the chance! Happy Fall!

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  41. I love apples and my Mom's fried apples. I also love tomatoes and pumpkin
    Lhxp73 at yahoo dot com

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  42. Will be great reads for the nights that are getting darker earlier sending me inside with my lap cats ��
    dlhumberson@yahoo.com

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  43. I love zucchini and squash. I could eat them almost every day! JL_Minter(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  44. Thank you ladies. It was fun getting to know what you love to eat in the Autumn months. I love pumpkins, squash, apples. We will freeze and can a lot of these foods. quilting lady 2 at comcast dot net

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  45. Apples are my favorite. I love apple pie, apple sauce and adding them to oatmeal.
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
    Maryann

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  46. Fall is my favorite time of year and I particularly love baking pumpkin treats. Pumpkin muffins and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are in my must-bake list each year. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway! aut1063(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. Autumn - Sharing the pumpkin baking love with you! xoxo

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  47. Pumpkin Spice creamer in my coffee, yum! Would love to win books!

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    1. Caffeinated shout-out to you, Jes, on the pumpkin spice coffee. :)

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  48. Apples are my favorite. We love to go to the local Apple farm and buy a carton of apples.
    I make pies to freeze and this year I want to make apple strudel.
    Thanks for the chance to win!
    faithdcreech at gmail dot com

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  49. Apples and heirloom tomatoes.

    jtcgc at yahoo dot com

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  50. Each book looks like a good read. My daughter came for a visit and asked for an apple cake. Of course I made for her and her family. Works with peaches too.
    It is an old family recipe.

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  51. Forgot email. librarylady18@hotmail.com

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  52. I love apples and my mom loves squash this time of year.

    kkat(dot)edwards(at)gmail(dot)com

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  53. I love summer produce, but I'm always happy to eat fall squashes, and pears. Love pears! Also, I look forward to apple cider, hot and spiced on a cool night.
    mhunter972@aol.com

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  54. I love fresh tomatoes. Can you believe we had BLTs for a labor day treat. Fresh garden lettuce, too. Not exactly traditional. 6186pep(at)msn(dot)com

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    1. Darlene - BLT with fresh garden tomatoes and lettuce - you have created a fabulous new must-eat tradition for our Labor Day. xoxo

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  55. I LOVE sweet corn. It's not unusual here to make a meal of nothing but corn. Apples are pretty good too, there's so much to do with them.
    kozo8989@hotmail.com

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  56. I love tomatoes and apples. Thanks for the chance.
    im2early4u(at)gmail(dot)com

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  57. I love fresh tomatoes, especially in a sandwich!

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  58. My favorites are pumpkin, apple, & sweet potatoes!
    Dloumoore@gmail.com

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  59. Thanks for the opportunity! I’d love to win these, read them, and donate them to the library!
    mcplcircdesk@blackfoot.net

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  60. I can't eat too many apples but, I do like to go pick my neighbor's gala apples from their tree to eat. It's okay because they never eat them. I like their peaches too but, this year there weren't any on my side of the fence. Not sure if they eat those either.
    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  61. My husband worked at an apple orchard. Love baking apple pies and making caramel apples. Fall is my favorite season. ctymice(at)gmail(dot)com

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  62. My fruit weakness is raspberries and kiwi - not exactly fall, but I love them any time - thanks for the super contest - trwilliams69(at)msn(dot)com

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  63. I love pumpkin, winter squash and of course tomatoes and apples. Oh who am I kidding. I love vegetables period. I love to grow my own but this year I didn't get to make a garden. I recently moved to be near my brother after my husband passed away. I am now in a different climate and have to relearn what grows well. I miss my fresh veggies.
    theresjustlife(at)gmail(dot)com

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  64. i love apples this time of yearand love your books

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  65. I love making Apple crisp this time of the year. Apple pies too. It's fun to go to a Apple orchard and pick them. Apple cider is delicious too thank you for the chance

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  66. My grand parents had apple trees and we froze apples to make applesauce and pies

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  67. Love your books. They introduce me to new people and places that become friends and familiar places by the end of the book.

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  68. Fall and cooler weather is my favorite time to cook and bake. Soups, breads and of course Grandma’s apple cake!

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  69. Apples, my moms apple crisp, fall is really not happening right now as we are awaiting arrival of Dorian or his leaving the area, not sure yet.. wish I had a brand new book to read

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  70. For me, it’s apples. Going apple picking, pressing cider, drinking sparkling hard cider, apple pies....it’s what harvest is all about for me 🍏💚

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  71. I love the Fall decorations that are in the stores. Hobby Lobby has the best. I also love anything made with apples!!!

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  72. I love fall! It's definitely my favorite season. Apples are great but apple cider doughnuts are hands down one of my favorite things ever! I love pumpkins and pumpkin bread but surprisingly I am not a fan of pumpkin spice lattes. Ericaplee@yahoo.com

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  73. Growing up, we lived in a somewhat rural area and we had lots of fruit trees: plum, chestnut, cherry, peach, pear, and apple. Our neighbors also had a ton of grapes, so the smell when they were ripe was heavenly. My favorite autumn fruit is pears. I love their delicate flavor and texture! Thanks for sharing all your autumn fruit & veggie favorites!

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  74. My favorite smells in the Fall are Apple, cinnamon & pumpkin...my aunt made the best cinnamon spiced apples that she canned from the apple tree's in her back yard! They were like candy in the fall season! Fall is my favorite season! cmeier2001@live.com

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  75. We love going to the apple orchard every fall for donuts and cider!

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  76. I love the hard winter squashes & apple cider. schmokercarol(at)gmail(dot)com.

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  77. I love making apple butter with fresh apples and I love all squashes! almaj80(at)suddenlink(dot)net

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  78. I live in upstate NY and apples are my favorite fruit of the Fall! I especially love apple butter !☘️
    smcmahon19@icloud.com

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  79. I grew up in a walnut orchard so walnuts are important to me. I also lived in an area that celebrates cherry season! lindaherold999@gmail.com

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  80. Nothing to go and pick here you can buy corn at the local farmers market. So cities they sell it in the back of pickups. cheetahthecat1986ATgmailDOTcom

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  81. I love fall baking!! Apples are my favorite with Jewish apple cake and apple hand pies. We go apple picking each year at a local orchard and the apples from there are so much better than in the store. I am not a huge fan of pumpkin but my pumpkin cookies are so moist and delicious that I really can’t stop from making them for too long. lynettetrotta@gmail.com

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  82. I love all fresh fruit and vegetables. doward1952(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  83. Ohhh, now you have me craving Carmel Apples, and squash and sweet potatoes...maybe I’m just hungry! Sue.solin@gmail.com

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  84. You've made me hungry for fall. A big pot of vegetable soup. westoncarol@yahoo.com

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    1. Good reminder on big pots of soup, Carol. We miss those during the hot weather. Glad to welcome the cool temps back!

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  85. I love fresh apples with caramel sauce and anything pumpkin. I have some tomatoes to process - so Cleo's sauce sounds great! The fall brings such good stuff!! Thanks for a chance to win. ljbonkoski@yahoo.com

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    1. So happy you liked my homemade sauce memory, Lori. May you eat with end-of-summer joy! xoxo ~ Cleo

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  86. We harvested our lemons and made a huge batch of limoncello. Our friends and neighbors were very happy!

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    1. Oh, homemade limoncello! I'll be right over. ;)

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  87. This is my favorite time of year for any kind of pie. Apple, blueberry,cherry and pumpkin I love them all! tWarner419@aol.com

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  88. I love all the squashes especially spaghetti squash with pasta sauce, butternut baked with butter and cinnamon and pumpkin everything. Pears and apples are grea too.

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  89. Now I'm quite hungry
    lillian.e.pearl at gmail dot com

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  90. Wow I have got to try some of these recipes...we have a great little home cooking place who does the best homemade fruit cobblers so I usually just buy it. But I would love to try the homemade spaghetti sauce one...yum...and I would like to find some pumpkin bread...
    Marilyn ewatvess@yahoo.com

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  91. Being a resident of the "great white north", lol, (Alberta, Canada), we LOVE all the fresh fruits and vegetables that summer and fall brings. Too many do I love to mention them all, but I don't think I could survive without tomatoes from my garden. I can easily eat several each day. My favorite way to snack on them is to slice medium sized tomatoes, preferably plum tomatoes, into 1/4" slices, top with a sprinkle of bacon bits, a dab of light mayo, and topped with a small piece of reduced fat cheddar. Broil till all melty and yummy. I do this in my toaster oven, but if forced to make enough to share, I guess you could do an
    entire cookie sheet in the oven.
    gnluciow ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com

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  92. It's a toss up for me. There's nothing like picking and eating fresh strawberries for me in late Spring. I am also a big fan of pumpkin everything in the fall.

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  93. I think fall is my favorite time of year for food. It gives me an excuse to make all of the stews and apple crisp I can eat. (Not that I really NEED an excuse, but apples just taste better in the fall.)

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  94. I love tomatoes. I miss the jersey tomatoes I used to get when I lived on Philly

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  95. I love anything pumpkin, but particularly pumpkin pie. mbradeen [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  96. I am definitely a fall a child & love all of the fruits/vegetables associated with it! Some of my children work at a pumpkin patch and we really enjoy going to the apple orchard also. Loved hearing about your favourites!
    Cheers-
    Kelly Braun
    Gaelicark(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  97. I love Fall and going on road trips to see the leaves changing color, picking apples at an apple orchard or just eating my favorite seasonal pumpkin pie ice cream. Thanks for this amazingly generous giveaway. lindamay4852@yahoo.com

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  98. I love the fall festivals in my home state of Indiana. Lots of covered bridges. Food is wonderful. Thanks for offering this generous giveaway. mpark1971@gmail.com

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  99. 🍎 and I would love to win something thank you

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  100. Apples and I will love to win something thank you.
    maya.atlan@gmail.com

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  101. The winner of this giveaway by random selection is Rima A. We'll be in touch. Thanks to all for such wonderful comments! ~ Daryl

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