I love fall and the food that comes with it.

Its simple. Food in the fall is wonderful. I love summer veggies, but I just go crazy for some dishes and their spices. I am a huge fan of cinnamon and love that I can smell it in many dishes in the fall and winter. We have moved into making our fall dishes and I am very excited. This week Mark has pulled out two beautiful fall dishes and one of our favorite go to dishes and I can tell you they were wonderful. Eventually I will take pictures of him actually cooking the food, but for now you get the finished product.

I have split up the posts since they all need their own credit. I will start with last night -- smoked pork chops, braised pears, and buttermilk biscuits. My sister Kat came over for dinner so it was a dinner filled with red wine, and even a little sip of some Makers Mark.

The smoked pork chops have become a staple in our household. We were introduced to them by our friends at Busch's Country Corner. You can visit them at the market in the market house for many wonderful meats. They told us we had to try these smoked pork chops as an easy week night meal and they were right. A simple sear in our cast iron skillet and they are ready to eat. Mark decided that pears would be a great addition to this dish three weeks ago when we first tried them. He sauteed them in a pan with some brown butter, added a simple syrup and then flambeed them with whiskey. Tonight's choice was Makers Mark and it will remain in the recipe if I have anything to do with it. This dish is a great mix of salty and sweet and the biscuit was a great item to soak up all the beautiful syrup from the dish.

All Three dishes with the wine glass and Makers in the background.

A close up of the pears and pork.

I am sure we will have many more of these pork chops - however if you would like to try visit our friends at Busch's.

http://www.findlaymarket.org/busch.htm