This week the phrase “Comfort me with apples” came to mind. It’s also the name of one of my favorite Ruth Reichl books.

As soon as the weather dipped towards the 50’s, I ordered some hoodies and headed to the apple orchard.

Some of our family members were raving about the caramel apples at Pine Tree Apple Orchard in White Bear Lake. They also mentioned their apple turnovers, which they described as nothing special to look at, but extremely delicious.

Caramel apples got stuck in my head and I thought about them all night.

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