Today is National Hot Pastrami day. Who knew?

[Photo Credit: Sign of the Pink Pig]

Alexandra’s Kitchen gives Fries with Lemon Salt and Rosemary.

Yes, please.

From Smitten Kitchen, a Mediterranean pepper salad.

Photograph by Ira.

How much is too much to spend on a pie? Is $35 bucks too much?

Yes, schmuck, it is. At least, the wife sure thinks so and she ragged on me all weekend for forking over that much for a salted caramel apple pie at Four and Twenty Blackbirds. We were out in Brooklyn on Saturday visiting cousins and I’ve always wanted to try this place so on our way back home I bought a whole pie.

Was it worth it? As a treat, yes. The pie is damn good. Dumb expensive but good. Not the best pie I’ve ever had but I’d rate it 8 out of 10 for sure. I got a slice of chocolate pecan pie for the wife who stopped busting my chops momentarily as she ate.

A soup…and this…

…would be fine by me.

[Photo Via: Sometimes I Drift]

Over at the Lemon Fire Brigade check out this festiveness: candied tangerine in dark chocolate with poppy seed rugelach.

French Apple Tart from the excellent blog Alexandra Cooks.

From the Lemon Fire Brigade comes this beet, fennel and orange salad.

Nicole Franzen gives us an apple cake. Yes, please.

The Sprouted Kitchen gives salted caramel ice cream.

Yes, please.

Sarah Bernhardt cakes chez Manger.

David Lebovitz’s quick trip to NYC.

Food 52 gives gives us 12 holiday cookies.

Lemon Tart? Sure, why not? Head on over to Food 52 for the recipe.

Idea for the weekend: Smitten Kitchen’s apple pancakes.

Nicole Franzen goes apple picking and then makes a pie. Indeed.

Over at a cool site called Forty-Sixth at Grace, check out the “For the Love of Pie” series.

Picture by Nicole Franzen.

French Apple Cake via Hungry Ghost Food. Yes, please.

Some last-minute Thanksgiving menu ideas from, where else?: Food 52.

All about cured meats. Food 52, again and again.