A charming book full of lovely old world and contemporary recipes:  An Apple Harvest: recipes and lore by Frank Browning and Sharon Silva (1999)

Place the following ingredients in a mini-blender:

• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• 1/2 tomato
• 6 cashews
• 5 pecan
• 1/2 peach
• 1/2 small zucchini
• Italian seasoning

See this dressing on Great Kids Farm Salad!

Don't have time to make an apple pie? Make this recipe from local just-picked apples. Your guests will love it.

1. Just put a few tablespoons of flax seeds in a magic bullet blender (or coffee grinder). Blend for about 6 seconds.

2. Add an equal amount of cinnamon, blend for 3 seconds.

3. Pour the cinnamon-flax mix into a small bowl. Place the small bowl on a larger plate

4. Cut an apple into wedges. Arrange the wedges on the plate.

If you make a beautiful presentation of this recipe, please send a photograph to mroswell@gmail.com, with the email subject: "Apple Flax Cinnamon Photo."