Best Breakfasts

When I was a tiny poet, my grandmother used to make fresh squeezed orange juice for me in the morning. She'd slice a big orange in half and squeeze it with an old-fashioned glass juicer, which I now have. The juice was warm and sweet and very acidic; delicious. Then she'd make bacon and french toast (the best!) in the electric frypan on the kitchen table (which I also now have). After we ate, she'd drain the bacon grease into a coffeecan--she used it to make huge batches of party mix at holiday time (the best!).

A Carriage Trade Pastries cheddar scone, toasted in the oven and slathered with soft butter.

Homemade (Lame No More!) granola and yogurt--either Stoneyfield Farms Vanilla or Brown Cow Maple Vanilla.

Leftover apple pie.

Peanut butter toast.