One of my favorite things about fall -- the annual Malibu Pie Festival. It's today, 11 am to 4 pm, and if you're looking for something fun (and delicious) to do, this is it.

Which leads to another fall favorite -- the appearance at the farmer's market of the incomparable heirloom apples from See Canyon

They have dozens of different varieties, offered for sale according to their season.

The flavors are so full that at first, all you can bear to do is eat them. But eventually the idea of baking and cooking becomes tolerable, and then this:

Becomes this:

Yum.