Three Pine Mysteries and Mixed Nuts

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Fruits & Nut Mix

Have you read Louise Penny's Three Pines series?  They are mystery novels interwoven with delicious details of gourmet fare.  Seriously, DO. GO. READ. THEM. if you like good food and good mysteries.  Anyway, I decided to mix up fruits and nuts partly because I was inspired by the cuisine featured in those books, and since I was too lazy to whip up any French Toast with Maple Syrup or Rack of Lamb with Beans and Fingerling Potatoes myself, mixed nuts were the easiest way to go!

The books take place in the Eastern Townships, on the border with Vermont.  I've never been there, but the books make them seem very bucolic and peaceful.  The place must be stunning in the fall, with all the vibrant red from all the maple trees.  If anyone has ever been and can recommend where/when to go and what to do, that would be great!

Now there's nothing better than indulging on summer fruits!  I certainly have my share of indulgences ....  Did I tell you that one day I ate 4 apricots?  And they were large ones, like the ones below.

Apricot & Peaches

Plus a bowl of chocolate covered fruits.  I could't quite figure out what the dried fruits were ... perhaps plums?  Or some sort of large berries?  Regardless, they were delicious.  I think they infused the chocolate with some type of liquor to lend it a deeper richer taste, smoother texture too.

Chocolate Covered Mystery Fruit

More regular fruits.  The weather has been inching towards the triple digits ... all appetites have fallen by the wayside ....

More Sone Fruits

I love stone fruits!  Though the peaches this season leave something to be desired, and the apricots are practically tasteless despite their nice coloring ....