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…
If you want to know about Weaver’s Thanksgiving turkeys, just ask David Howe, Weaver’s Meat Department Manager. He grew up on the turkey farm that now supplies Weaver’s with fresh Thanksgiving turkeys. On Howe Farm in Downingtown, David’s brother Nathan…
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…
“I could talk for hours about honey bees,” says Gary Stockin, who owns Stockin’s Apiaries in Strasburg, PA and supplies Weaver’s Orchard not only with honey, but also with bees that pollinate the fruit trees. Gary Stockin enjoys looking…
Sunshine, tantalizing smells wafting through the orchard, vendors who were knowledgeable and having fun with friends is how I would describe my first Taste of Weaver’s experience a few years ago. Though I thoroughly enjoyed the event, I think I…
Recently, I left the beautiful place I called home for 24 years of my life and moved approximately five and half hours south (by plane). For nine months I have been adjusting to changes in culture, language, climate, and diet,…
Lynn Burkholder is used to improvising. Until he was fourteen, he lived as a missionary kid on an Indian Reservation in Northwest Ontario. His wife, Lynne, paints a picture of a Little House on the Prairie kind of childhood: the family hunted for food…
Cooking for potential in-laws is a true test of culinary courage. It’s a time to hope all goes smoothly in the kitchen. But for Sheila Kline, a small-business owner from Birdsboro, a breakfast mishap that happened while she cooked for her…
Say you’ve just walked up to the dairy case at Weaver’s Orchard and picked up an 8 ounce block of aged Honey Brook Cheddar from September Farm, one of Weaver’s vendors. You’ve noticed the cheese’s ingredients– milk, cheese culture, rennet, and…
If you talk long enough to Ernie and Elmina Beiler, owners of a small cattle farm in Gap, PA, they’re bound to mention the word “value.” They believe their work enriches their lives. They have had customers echo the sentiment,…