Pear Gingerbread Cake
Whenever I come up with a new recipe, my subconscious is often preoccupied, fixated on the fruit at hand. While lesson planning, I find myself sifting through a mental catalogue of things I’ve seen on TV, mused over in a…
Category Pears
5 Pear Recipes to Make During Pear Season
When it comes to fall produce, pears are often overshadowed by apples and pumpkins. But it’s a mistake not to enjoy them while they’re in season. Whenever I remember this fall fruit, I’m pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoy…
11 Apple and Pear Desserts To Make Right Now
Fall offers plenty of inspiration for apple and pear desserts, and one of the best gifts ever is when a friend not only offers to bring dessert to a dinner party, but shows up with a dessert that is filled…
Pear Pizza with Goat Cheese & Caramelized Onions
I’ve mentioned before that pizza night is kind of a big deal in our house. Suggesting to go a weekend without making pizza is almost as unheard of as a morning without coffee! But so that we don’t get bored…
Canning in the Fall: Vanilla Bean Pear Pie Filling
Now that I am back to my teaching job at Twin Valley High School, I am only at Weaver’s Orchard in pick-your-own on Saturdays. While I love teaching, I will admit it is hard to trade in the crisp autumn…
Desserts and Appetizers for Christmas Parties
Some of my favorite Christmas parties have involved white elephant gift exchanges. I have usually come back with gifts I love, but perhaps this only shows my capacity to be charmed by strange, low-budget gifts. At one white elephant party…
Pear Cider as a Toddy
Many of us know about apple cider in autumn. But pear has its own cider, too, at Weaver’s Orchard. Batches of this pear cider first joined the market’s lineup in 2002. As interest with old-fashioned, mainstay and healthy foods is…
20+ Pizza Topping Ideas
I make pizza every Friday night. It’s become so much of a tradition for us that the employees of the shop where we buy our dough recognize us when we come in on a Friday afternoon. “Four pizza doughs, right?”…
Hidden River Brewing Company: Relationships Between Farmers & Brewpubs
Since opening in the summer of 2015, Hidden River Brewing Company in Douglassville has been sourcing fruit from Weaver’s Orchard for its unique and never-quite-repeated selections of beer. And if you’re wondering about the story behind the business name—a nice…
Pear Crisp, Pear Crumble, Pear Cobbler: What I Learned
Do you ever just sit around wondering about stuff? Like, Why does the rain fall from up above? And, Why do fools fall in love? And, Wouldn’t those two lines sound great as song lyrics? Well, it’s the height of…