Apples of my eye

Empires are red. And

Mutsus are green. Plump and crisp.

Let's make apple pie!

I went to visit my best friend, @Stephie, in Ithaca, NY for her 21st birthday this weekend...and, we went to an apple orchard! It was positively lovely...and there were certainly more than enough apples to put doctors out of business.

Littletree Orchards

345 Shaffer Road

Newfield, NY 14867

www.littletree-orchards.com

--Later, back in New York City...

Cinnamon-ed & Sliced

Wrapped in phyllo dough from Astoria...

And baked to perfection!

Voilá! Props to @Yvette for baking this delightful apple creation :]

What do frogs have to do with burgers?

As if grilled cheeses

weren't unhealthy enough. They

slapped on a patty!

Frog Burger

222 N 20th St

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

http://www.frogcommissary.com/info/restaurants/frog-burger

"The LOVE Burger": I most certainly have no business eating grilled cheeses or burgers, not to mention a burger patty sandwiched between two grilled cheeses! What can I say? I do it for love...

Not pictured here: This burger was pleasantly accompanied by a carrot cake milkshake!

Truth? I'd tap that again.

Sabrina's Cafe: The brunch you've been dreaming about

Cute pink and blue house.

French toast, fluffy as a cloud!

Pass the sugar, please.

17 syllables will never be sufficient to describe the happiness that is Sabrina's Cafe...

Sabrina's Cafe

910 Christian Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

sabrinascafe.com

Good food, good value, good ambiance, good company, and good times...

"Sheriff Seagal's Snapped Out Stuffed French Toast"

Filled with a sweet Ricotta and cream cheese blend of Orange, sweet potato, and Ginger snaps. Topped with peach-berry compote.

"Carradine's Kung Fu Cakes"

Pumpkin Pancakes topped with apple-caramel pound cake crumbles, butterscotch chips and roasted walnuts, Berry-orange syrup and apple cinnamon butter.

(honestly, they had me at "pumpkin"....)

"Chuck Norris Drowned a Fish Sandwich"

Grilled salmon burger on a Brioche with mixed greens and tomato. Topped with avocado, grilled red onions, cucumber-cilantro slaw and alfalfa sprouts.

End dream sequence. Commence reality.

Reading Terminal Market! If by "terminal," you mean terminally food-comatose...

A haven of food!

I ate for 2 hours straight...

and I can't move now.

Reading Terminal Market

51 North 12th Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ReadingTerminalMarket.org

Once upon a time, there was a hungry band of gastronomic gladiators. After paying homage to this world of food, they found themselves relatively dazed and immobile for the remainder of the day...this place is a sure-fire food coma, especially if you're visiting on a tight schedule! Read up:

Chapter 1: Philly me up with Cheesesteak LOVE

Philadephia.

City of brotherly love

Where the cheesesteaks live.

Chapter 2: Roast Pork Sandwich

Oils glistening

all over your tender bod.

Just melt in my mouth.

Chapter 3: Famous 4th Street Cookies

Warm, fresh cookies like

Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin.

Dipped in chocolate, pleeease.

Chapter 4: Too butterlicious for ya, babe.

Butter get jammin'

'cause I don't think you're ready

for this jelly...jar.

So many to choose from, I wish I could just take them all home...(that's what she said)

Chapter 5: Flying Monkey Pumpple. You heard me.

Is it cake? or pie?

What is this mystic creature?

No one really knows...

Vanilla cake with apple pie baked inside...layered on chocolate cake with pumpkin pie baked inside. What a fudging genius idea.

And they lived happily ever after...

Red Velvet Cuppycake

Chocolate seductress

masquerading in deep red.

Soft, gentle lover

Thank you to @FattyKat for this lovely pile of sugar that made my day much sweeter :)