Day: January 23, 2014

Cherry and apple and mincemeat. Oh my!

Hurray for National Pie Day!

Pie poem - AsheVittles

Pie in the Sky from AsheVittles : favorite recipes from Asheville, North Carolina.

Sunrise Cherry Pie - What's Cookin' in 1822

Sunrise Cherry Pie from What’s cookin’? in 1822.

Apple Pie in a Bag - The Clockwatcher's Cookbook

Apple Pie in a Bag from The clock watcher’s cook book.

Mince Whip Pie - Carolina Cuisine

Mince Whip Pie from Carolina cuisine : a collections of recipes.

In-Your-Face-Disgrace Onion Pie - Hornets Homecooking

In-Your-Face-Disgrace Pie from Hornets homecooking : favorite family recipes from the Charlotte Hornets players, coaches, staff and special fans.

spaghetti pie - What's Cook'n at Biltmore

Spaghetti Pie from What’s cook’n at Biltmore.

Cottage Pie-The Clockwatcher's Cookbook

Cottage Pie from The clock watcher’s cook book.

Gimme a Break Grasshopper Pie-Hornets Homecooking

Gimme a Break Grasshopper Pie from Hornets homecooking : favorite family recipes from the Charlotte Hornets players, coaches, staff and special fans.

Western NC in February: ‘cool without being chilly’?

“The days here [in February] are like Northern October; cool in the morning, warm at midday and cool at night. The air here is cool without being chilly. It has a stimulating quality which makes one eat much, laugh heartily and feel frisky. People come here pale, coughing, all bundled up and, in about a week, you see them racing about, eager to climb Mt. Mitchell and with the ‘terrible cold’ dwindled to a fast fading recollection.

“Of course the reputation which the Hot Springs [resort in Madison County] have acquired brings here many invalids who cannot recover in a week, or, perhaps at all, but even this class brighten up and in many cases turn the corner to recovery.”

— From “Western North Carolina: The Best Place in the World to Spend February” in the Wall Street Journal (Feb. 3, 1891)