tube and decorate top of pie in fanciful fashion.

Apple Pie a la Cheese

Lay a slice of melting cheese on top of apple (or any fruit or
berry) pie, and melt under broiler 2 to 3 minutes.

Cheese-crusty Apple Pie

In making an apple pie, roll out the top crust and sprinkle with
sharp Cheddar, grated, dot with butter and bake golden-brown.

Flan au Fromage

To make this Franche-Comte tart of crisp paste, simply mix
coarsely grated Gruyere with beaten egg, fill the tart cases and
bake.

For any cheese pastry or fruit and custard pie crusts, work in
tasty shredded sharp Cheddar in the ratio of 1 to 4 parts of
flour.

Christmas Cake Sandwiches

A traditional Christmas carol begs for:

A little bit of spice cake
A little bit of cheese,
A glass of cold water,
A penny, if you please.

For a festive handout cut the spice cake or fruit cake in slices
and sandwich them with slices of tasty cheese between.

To maintain traditional Christmas cheer for the elders, serve
apple pie with cheese and applejack.

Angelic Camembert

1 ripe Camembert, imported
1 cup Anjou dry white wine
1/2 pound sweet butter, softened
2 tablespoons finely grated toast crumbs

Lightly scrape all crusty skin from the Camembert and when its
creamy interior stands revealed put it in a small, round covered
dish, pour in the wine, cover tightly so no bouquet or aroma can
possibly escape, and let stand overnight.

When ready to serve drain off and discard any wine left, dry the
cheese and mash with the sweet butter into an angelic paste.
Reshape in original Camembert form, dust thickly with the crumbs
and there you are.

Such a delicate dessert is a favorite with the ladies, since some of
them find a prime Camembert a bit too strong if taken straight.

Although A. W. Fulton's observation in _For Men Only_ is going out of
date, it is none the less amusing:

In the course of a somewhat varied career I have only met one
woman who appreciated cheese. This quality in her seemed to me so
deserving of reward that I did not hesitate to acquire her hand
in marriage.

Another writer has said that "only gourmets among women seem to like
cheese, except farm women and foreigners." The association between
gourmets and farm women is borne out by the following urgent plea from
e