What one fall food are you most looking forward to?

One daughter and I finished picking the apples from our three trees on Monday afternoon. It's actually kind of fun to pick apples -- like a game, trying to snag apples high in the branches using a picker tool without knocking them to the ground. We knocked 2 out of the trees, which I chopped up promptly and put in a bag in the freezer for making crisps, pies, cobblers, and spiced apple chunks later this fall or winter. We now have a produce drawer that is completely full of apples for cooking, baking and fresh eating.

While we were harvesting the apples, my daughter asked me what fall food I am most looking forward to. Hmm, that's a hard question to answer. Fall offers so many great flavors. Choosing just one fall food is difficult. There's pumpkin-spice everything, hot apple cider, roasted squash cubes, beef stew, chili con carne, gingerbread cake, pecan pie -- I couldn't decide what I want most.

Then this afternoon (Tuesday), I was taking a short walk with my other daughter and we both noticed the beautiful palette of colors on the trees' leaves in our neighborhood. This is my artist daughter. She and I often notice colors and patterns when we go for walks. The talk of fall foods came up with this daughter as well. Again, the consensus -- so many delicious foods to enjoy in fall. After all of this fall food talk, I decided the one food I am most looking forward to this fall is apple pie.

How about you? What one fall food tops your must-eat list this year?