The old and new apples of my eye

Made-for-the-season apple recipes, including a brand new one from Paola Velez's just released "Bodega Bakes"

Bonjour! Bonjour!

Well, the sunny days might return, but today, as I write to you on the first day of fall (I started this early — a rarity for me), the skies are gray and the streets slicked with rain. It’s a good day to bake. A good day to start thinking less about berries and more about plums and pears and apples. Apples! They were at the farmstand before I flew here, but I resisted their pretty colors and firm roundness. It was too soon then. But today, with people headed to the market in sweaters, it’s not too soon at all.

And so, in the spirit of cozy, I’ve got a few old favorite apple recipes and one shiny new one, a big, sturdy, made-for-the-season apple cake from Paola Velez’s wonderful new book, Bodega Bakes.

But First, A Little Paris

A Couple of Old Favorites

I’ve been writing xoxo Dorie for over three years now — there are over 200 posts in the archives! — and when I went back to peek at the past, I found some nice apple recipes. In the spirit of the Girl Scouts, who, as the so…