In Late July, Wolff’s Is Tomato City!

By recipesJuly 24, 2015June 24, 2016 Featured, Locally Grown, Summer Produce, Tomatoes

Perhaps you marveled at our huge selection of tomato plants when the weather was just warming up and local produce season had barely started. Now, in the heart of tomato season, you can feast your eyes on the magical, beautiful bounty of tomato fruits—all picked vine-ripe by local farmers! The quality and selection at this…

Peach-Blueberry Two Cheese Galette: A Simple In-Season Delight

By rebeccatalbotJuly 23, 2015April 21, 2023 Berries, Desserts, Featured, Peaches, Recipes

In your culinary workshop, a galette is a power tool. And pastry power tools come in handy when delicious local fruit is in season. Wikipedia calls the galette a “freeform” pastry, and last summer the New York Times featured an article called “The Galette Forgives You.” If these give you the idea that galettes are…

Pesto Gemelli with Roasted Veggies

By recipesJuly 23, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes

This is SUPER delicious and it’s my new obsession. I make pesto all the time but I traditionally put it on penne or with chicken. Lately I have been trying to incorporate more veggies into dishes that I make and LOVE rather than serving them on the side. This was an absolute slam dunk. -Ashley…

Peach Flatbread Pizza with Prosciutto, Mascarpone and Thyme

By rebeccatalbotJuly 16, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Peaches, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce

Some things make going to the gym totally worth it. This peach flatbread pizza is one of them. Last night, I returned to Women’s Workout World after a long hiatus. It was high time to return because over the course of summer vacation, I’d gotten into the habit of eating homemade ice cream and crepes…

Watering Smarts: Proper Plant Watering

By JenniferHetrickJuly 7, 2015July 8, 2015 Featured, Gardening Advice: Flowers, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs

While watering plants may seem basic enough as a task in spring, summer and autumn months, it’s often the case that people mean well but don’t know they’re watering incorrectly. As the farm femme behind B & H Organic Produce in Caernarvon Township, Erica Lavdanski does her best to educate her customers and anyone she…

KITCHEN COPY:FLAVORFUL FINOCCHIONA

By chucksmithJuly 2, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Photos, Prepared Foods, Recipes, What's New eggs, recipes

On any given day Wolff’s buyer, Lisa McWaters, is in the process of introducing a new product onto the shelves. The process can take anywhere from a day, to several weeks. There is usually a trial period where Wolff’s employees get a chance to preview an item, or help determine whether it should be carried…

Blueberry Pie

By recipesJune 25, 2015April 21, 2023 Berries, Desserts, Featured, Recipes

Showcase fresh blueberries in this quick and simple blueberry pie!

Early Summer Crop Rotation Smarts in Your Backyard Garden

By JenniferHetrickJune 24, 2015June 25, 2015 Featured, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs, Hardy Vegetables, Root Vegetables, Summer Produce backyard, fertilizer, garden, hardy vegetables, soil, summer, vegetables

This week in June is a good time to think about what plants to add to backyard gardens after you’re ready to take out what you might have planted at the end of April or the beginning of May—likely radishes, turnips, lettuce, other cool season greens and maybe spinach. Erica Lavdanski of B & H…

Zucchini Pesto

By recipesJune 18, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Recipes, Summer Produce

This is a great way to add a bit more body (and vegetables!) to your usual pesto. It is very creamy, and has less of a bite due to the garlic being cooked first.

KITCHEN COPY:A HANDSOME PEAR

By chucksmithJune 17, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Pears, Recipes, Sandwiches gruyere, pears, recipes, sandwiches

If you met me ten years ago and we struck up a conversation about favorite foods, I would have proudly admitted that I preferred sandwiches over all else. Especially grilled sandwiches. The same holds true today… I love grilled sandwiches. A grilled cheese sandwich was the first thing I ever cooked. Or rather, it was the first thing I enjoyed cooking. When I…

Want to Reduce Waste and Improve Soil Structure? Compost!

By rebeccatalbotJune 11, 2015March 6, 2018 Featured, Gardening Advice: Flowers, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs

“Landfills are full of things that don’t have to be there,” says Beth Finlay, Master Gardener Coordinator at the Penn State Extension in Berks County. The issue of reducing garbage is close to home for Beth. In scenic Berks County, there are four large landfills, one of which receives an average of over 5,000 tons of garbage…

Pickled Turnips

By recipesJune 11, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Recipes, Root Vegetables

Some of you, we know, LOVE turnips. You love them roasted, or mashed, or made into vegetable fritters, or even raw in your salads. This recipe is for you, of course, but it’s also for the people who see turnips as sort of… so-so vegetables. And it’s especially for those of you who aren’t even…

Cucumber Watermelon Salsa

By recipesJune 3, 2015April 21, 2023 Appetizers, Featured, Recipes, Summer Produce

Crunchy cucumbers—especially when you can get them locally-grown and fresh-picked!—make a great base for a salsa. Here, they are paired with ripe, sweet watermelon for a unique cucumber watermelon salsa that tastes great with grilled seafood!

KITCHEN COPY: SCANDALOUS STRING BEANS

By chucksmithJune 3, 2015April 21, 2023 Appetizers, Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Locally Grown, Photos, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce basil, green beans, local ingredients, locally grown produce, recipes, vegetarian

Whether whores first invented puttanesca is no concern of mine. The sauce is bright, flavorful, pungent, and goes with just about anything you can scrounge together. Including the ubiquitous green bean. Literally translated, alla puttanesca means “in the style of a prostitute.” It is a culinary legend whose origins (like so many inventions) are clouded with speculation. There are various…

Protecting Pollinators in Your Vegetable Garden

By rebeccatalbotMay 28, 2015May 29, 2015 Featured, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs

My heart always lifts when I see a honeybee in my vegetable garden. Like many people, I’ve known for several years that honeybees are in trouble. In 2011, my sister showed me the documentary “Vanishing of the Bees,” which explained how honeybees had been disappearing across the globe due to colony collapse disorder and emphasized the…

Thai Stir Fried Veggies

By recipesMay 28, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes

Everyone makes stir fried veggies of some kind and sprinkles on some soy sauce. Here is a Thai version. The key to success here, as in any stir-frying, is to cook one serving at a time. Too much food in the wok slows cooking time and defeats the purpose of the high heat of the wok….

KITCHEN COPY: A RHUBARB TO REMEMBER

By chucksmithMay 20, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Recipes, Seasonal recipes, rhubarb, soup, vegetarian

The poisonous leaves of the rhubarb plant can cause a variety of symptoms including stomach pain, nausea, and breathing difficulty. The bright red stalk of the rhubarb plant, on the other hand, is totally edible and can cause delight, a sense of wellness, and sometimes (in extreme cases) euphoria. When I was about seven years old, my…

Planting the Three Sisters

By rebeccatalbotMay 14, 2015May 16, 2015 Featured, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs

“There was only one way in which the three sisters were alike,” says the Iroquois legend of the Three Sisters plants. “They loved one another very dearly, and they were never separated. They were sure that they would not be able to live apart.” This picture of sibling harmony and love aptly illustrates the way…

Roasted Beets

By recipesMay 13, 2015April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Sides

Roasting Beets preserves their color, flavor, and nutrition much better than boiling. It also makes peeling them a breeze!

Roasted Veggies & Quinoa

By recipesMay 7, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Recipes, Sides, Summer Produce

This is a very versatile recipe. The veggies and the herbs can be changed to suit your taste, but after a lot of trial and error I find this exact combination to be outstanding! You can use any color quinoa, but I prefer red mainly for the color. This is a great side dish for…