A crude, wooden contraption delivers the sweetest nectar this time of year. The device now tucked away in a workshop at our family farm was working hard a few weeks ago to press the “ugly fruit” that ...

Glass of apple cider on a small wooden cutting board, with a bottle of apple cider and a box of apples behind it, all on a wooden background - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From metro Detroit to Kalamazoo, the Flint area and beyond, there are dozens of local cider mills to patronize this season. Many ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI — The apple trees scattered around Beaver Island are large, plentiful and old. What kind of apples do they grow? Who knows. It doesn’t really matter to the folks at Bee Well Mead and ...

While the oldest recorded recipes we have for this cake are from the early 1800s, it would be safe to say that early ...

RICHMOND — Two young bucks have been turning up almost every morning to feast on the tiny, dark red, little apples that have fallen off our Dolgo apple tree. They had already finished off all the ...

FENNVILLE, Mich. — Virtue Cider is hosting its annual Wassail Fest on Saturday, Feb. 22. The celebration aims to bring blessings to Virtue Cider’s apple crop this spring. “Every year we go around, we ...

Grant Barnes wanted a home brewing kit for Father’s Day, but his wife bought him a cider making kit instead. And his first attempt was a disaster. “It ended up turning into vinegar,” recalled Barnes ...

The wholesome scent of apples stirs our hearts. Apples are the quintessential American fruit; they speak of a time of homemade pleasures created from the fruit of the backyard tree: cider, apple ...

THE wholesome scent of apples stirs our hearts. Apples are the quintessential American fruit; they speak of a time of homemade pleasures created from the fruit of the backyard tree: cider, apple ...