Sweetie-licious was voted #1 best pie in Michigan by MLive. We are over the moon excited about this one! Michigan has the best bakeries and pie bakers in the whole country; so to be voted #1 by MLive is a true honor. I have had pie at many of these wonderful places on the top 10 list, and they are delicious, delicious pies! Thanks again, to all of you, our talented bakers, and to the sweet, John Gonzales, and MLive crew! We hope to see you all soon for some more pie!!! :)) Eat pie, love life, everyone! -- xoxolinda

As my daughter, Ellie says, “Good people eat porridge, bad people eat gruel and Americans eat hot cereal.” I love food. Obviously, this is no new news to most. I love trying new foods, but love my comfort classics. I love breakfast food. Love pancakies.  Love all kinds of eggs.  Love the smell of bacon.  Love hot cereal…oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, Ralston and grits.  Yet, for me, there is nothing better than a hot bowl of Cocoa Wheats on a cold, frosty Michigan morning.  However, there was always something missing in my ...

 

Each year we make tons of pies for Thanksgiving. This year, with the addition of our East Grand Rapids shop, we expect that we'll be extra busy. All three of our shops will be taking orders for pies (and other goodies). Below is the list of the "Sweetie" treats you can order. (Sorry, no 6" pies, or pies other than those on the list) PIES Tom's Cherry Cherry Berry Holiday Cherry Berry Berry Apple Apple Cranberry Caramel Apple Sticky Toffee Caramel Apple Pumpkin Pumpkin Cheesecake Pumpinn Cheesecake Praline Pecan Chocolate ...

Veterans' Day is such a special day, one of America's most special of days really. Today we honor our veterans that made one inspiring decision that changed their lives and all Americans' lives forever. They committed their lives to serve our country. This is an extraordinary measure of commitment, for as we know, many, many, many of those committed heroes lost God's greatest gift for our country.  Our military friends from today or yesteryear make and made our great country be. They make us be proud, be American, and most importantl...

Every year, my family celebrates the fall with Harvest Home, a lovely tradition we started since we moved to our beloved, century old farmhouse over fifteen years ago. Harvest Home is an old English tradition celebrating the annual harvest. After all the fields were gathered the community would come together for a community feast to rejoice in their bounty of blessings. We do this by having family and friends join us for homemade apple cider, lots of apple and pumpkin pies and our delicious stone soup. Stone soup starts by adding a small stone...