Saturday Morning Pie and Flea in Brooklyn

Saturday a.k.a. cheat day the one day of the week where I abandon all my healthy habits. This Saturday I decided to start early by having apple pie for breakfast. When you only have one day a week no regular slice of pie will do so we drove to Brooklyn to have a slice from Four and Twenty Blackbirds.

Four and Twenty Blackbirds 439 3rd Ave Brooklyn NY 11215 www.blackbird.com

Their pie selection varies in accordance with the ingredients available during the season. The first time I was here I had a rich and creamy slice of Lemon Chess pie. This time around I tried their well know Salty Caramel Apple Pie. The slices are big enough to share especially if you get a super rich flavor.

Salty Caramel Apple Pie Slice

The apples are sliced thin, the crust is crisp and flaky on top and buttery smooth on the bottom and there's a yummy sprinkle of salt baked onto the crust. I thought it was great and so did hubby but our friend was not so impressed. In his words the pie is "ehh" he said it tastes just as good as Waldbaums Scrumptious Apple pie that you can buy for $9. In any case I say try it out for yourself. I plan on going back soon to try a slice of their Honeyed Fig Pie. Oh and if you go be sure to get there early especially during the holidays because the pies sell out pretty quickly.

You know how there's always room for dessert, well turns out that when you eat dessert first there's no room for anything else! So with full bellies we headed over to Fort Greene to check out the Brooklyn Flea Market.

The Brooklyn flea has something like 150 vendors in a 40,000-square-foot schoolyard. The website says rain or shine but be warned if you ever show up on a rainy day you will be lucky to find a couple of vendors out which I learned firsthand.

The Brooklyn Flea176 Lafayette Ave. (btwn. Clermont + Vanderbilt Ave.)

There certainly are lots of vendors, and I was happy to see that it wasn't all jewelry like many flea markets tend to be. The majority of vendors were selling vintage housewares, furniture and clothing and there was also a hearty mixtures of craft vendors and about 10 food vendors.

Here were some of my favorites:

The Gifted Putterer www.thegiftedputterer.com

3 cheese and apple grilled cheese sandwich

great upcycled planters

Almost missed these guys

It took us about 3 hours to wind our way through the entire market, you can miss some really cool things if you turn your head the wrong way for just a moment. So be ready to spend some time here and pay attention.