leading the pear revival + a spiced pear cake

Home Baked - Autumn

I've been monitoring the pears in the fruit bowl. They were, of course, rock hard when I purchased them from the roadside stall. I chose the Glou Morceau variety, also known as Spring Dew, not because of any preference for its classic pear flavour or any particular ability for this variety to cook well, but rather because I like the name. It sounds old …