A new and sip-worthy vendor at Taste of Weaver’s this year on Saturday, June 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. is Pure Wild Tea based outside of Bernville at the northernwestern edge of Berks County. They will be providing…
Renewal Kombucha, brewed in Lititz, Lancaster County, is gaining more and more popularity with customers at Weaver’s Orchard. For those whose eyebrows twist a bit as the word “kombucha” is said, Jeremy Sayer, the owner and head brewer of Renewal Kombucha,…
Canada. Vermont. New York. If someone says “maple syrup,” these are the places that come to mind, right? Surely not Pennsylvania? After talking with Linda Neal, Sugar House Manager for Patterson Farms in Sabinsville, PA—roughly ten miles from the New…
After Glen Shorley retired from the financial industry through The Vanguard Group, Inc., he embraced his love of coffee and wanting to give back abroad. Glen officially opened Cave Bird Coffee and Cave Bird Cup of Life in 2010, but behind-the-scenes…
Family has long been a touchstone for chef J. Scott Martino of Lancaster-based Cortazzo Foods. When he left his full time job as a chef at The Restaurant at Donecker’s and devoted himself to making pasta sauce, he used his grandmother Marianina Cortazzo’s…
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” says the writer Annie Dillard. And, since it’s back-to-school time, many parents are spending portions of their days making sandwiches. Whether peanut butter and jelly, egg salad,…
When he’s planning a batch of candy, David Skipper of Billy’s Candies in Temple, PA watches the weather. The temperature outside will affect the candy’s shelf life, so Skipper plans the candy temperature accordingly, cooking at slightly different temperatures during the…
Cheese ravioli. Lobster ravioli. Spinach ravioli with spinach dough. Butternut squash ravioli. Potato gnocchi. Shallot cream sauce. Are you getting hungry yet? It’s hard not to start craving warm, comforting Italian food as Molly Cheeseman, In-House Sales Coordinator for Talluto’s…
Kim Weaver has always loved coffee shops. She says she loves the comfortable, personal atmosphere that draws her in as soon as she steps into a cafe. The dream of starting a cafe of her own began as she talked…
This time of year, people are beginning to think a lot about pumpkins. At the orchard, we start thinking about pumpkins in the spring. Pumpkins must be planted at the end of May or the first week in June. Planting…