CANDY FOR BREAKFAST?

By chucksmithOctober 16, 2012November 2, 2017 Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Locally Grown, Recipes, Winter Squash acorn squash, winter squash

For weeks Steve Rosazza has been delivering some very delicious acorn squash. This variety, along with Butternut, Spaghetti, and Festival, are just some of the winter squash available locally at Wolff’s. Years ago, while working on a small farm in Baltimore, I had the opportunity to cook lots of squash. A heavy bumper crop made…

A Tribute to the Stayman-Winesap

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 24, 2012September 25, 2014 Apples, Featured, Locally Grown stayman, stayman-winesap, winesap

The Stayman-Winesap crosses the Stayman and Winesap apples and has become a local favorite here in the Delaware Valley. It’s an apple with firm roots in the soil of American history. Even though people distinguish the Winesap apple from the Stayman-Winesap by calling it the “old fashioned Winesap,” the Stayman apple has its share of…

Mums in All Shapes, Colors and Sizes

By rachelvanduzerSeptember 20, 2012December 1, 2015 Featured, Gardening Advice: Flowers, Locally Grown, Seasonal fall decorations, fall flowers, garden center, mums

If you’ve spent much time with the Wolff family, one thing is pretty clear: they intimately know the products they sell, and they put a lot of effort into making sure their customers know as much about their products as possible. After a conversation with Peter Wolff, who runs the garden center, I am reminded…

Sweet + Crunchy = Honeycrisp Apples

By rachelvanduzerSeptember 6, 2012September 13, 2012 Apples, Featured, Locally Grown

If you told me to find the most popular apple we sell just by looks, I would probably search for an apple that had all the right features – bright red or green in color, uniform shape, shiny skin, etc. After all, that’s all you find in the produce section of the grocery store. But…

What Exactly Is a Seckel Pear?

By rebeccatalbotAugust 24, 2012 Featured, Locally Grown, Recipes, Seasonal delaware valley produce, recipes, seckel pear

Never heard of Seckel Pears? Well, you’re not alone. The Seckel Pear is relatively unknown across the country, but it’s one of the Delaware Valley’s hidden treasures. It was developed here in the Southeastern Pennsylvania in the early 1800’s by a farmer named Mr. Seckel, and it’s had a following here ever since. Seckel pears are small in size–almost bite-sized– but…

This is The Month for Pennsylvania Produce!

By rebeccatalbotAugust 16, 2012August 16, 2012 Featured, Locally Grown, Seasonal

Mid-August is a magical time: a twilight season. Just like twilight is the hour to enjoy the beauty of the day before nightfall, August is the month to enjoy the best of both summer and early fall. In August, all the glory of summer exists, with peaches, tomatoes, corn, plums, watermelon and squash. The whispers…

Cool as a Cucumber and Peach Salad

By rebeccatalbotJuly 12, 2012November 2, 2017 Featured, Locally Grown, Salads, Seasonal, Summer Produce

A few summers ago, someone sent me a recipe for a simple cucumber and peach salad. This was a recipe that combined two ingredients I never thought would like each other. Didn’t one belong atop lettuce, and the other beneath a crumb topping? How could these crispy and sweet tastes coexist? Hesitantly, I chopped a…

Local Produce Makes a Big Difference with the “Big Three”!

By rebeccatalbotJune 27, 2012June 27, 2012 Locally Grown, Peaches, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Tomatoes corn, fresh, local, peaches, tomatoes

Fran Wolff calls corn, peaches and tomatoes “the Big Three,” because when it comes to local produce, these are the fruits and vegetables that everyone around loves and looks forward to. And there is just no denying it: local varieties of “the Big Three” are vastly superior to any non-local versions. Right now, Wolff’s has…

The Versatile Dessert

By rebeccatalbotJune 14, 2012November 2, 2017 Berries, Desserts, Locally Grown, Recipes

Pies, cobblers and crisps are the locavore’s best friend when dessert-making time rolls around. Why? Because all season long, bakers can walk straight from the field or farm market to the kitchen, modify only a few ingredients, and make a delicious treat. This Father’s Day, with peaches, raspberries and blueberries in season, and strawberries still…

A Locavore’s Delight: Corn & Peaches

By rachelvanduzerJune 7, 2012June 7, 2012 Locally Grown, Peaches, Summer Produce

When it comes to produce, I’m kind of a snob. Produce items – like corn and peaches – that I eat in the summer as if they were the only food that existed pretty much have no place in my kitchen when they are out of season. This week, I skeptically tried some southern-grown corn…

Picnic Paradise

By rebeccatalbotMay 25, 2012June 1, 2012 Featured, Holiday, Locally Grown, Recipes

One of my favorite photos on the Wolff’s Apple House Web site is the picture that tops the “Recipes” page. It depicts Kenneth and Gennie Wolff, the third generation owners of Wolff’s Apple House, in Spring 1955. On a blanket spread in the midst of their orchard’s picnic grove, Gennie Wolff kneels, overseeing the picnic…

Gardening Aspirations

By rachelvanduzerMay 11, 2012April 24, 2015 Featured, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs, Locally Grown, Summer Produce

I’ve always wanted to be a farmer, or at least a gardener. My parents were raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia and New Jersey and always dreamed of having a place to raise their kids where they could actually see the stars at night and could learn about nature and the responsibilities of taking care of…

A Dessert All By Themselves: Apple Bake

By rebeccatalbotFebruary 20, 2012November 2, 2017 Desserts, Featured, Locally Grown, Recipes

This time of year, I often can’t resist making apple crisps or apple pies, even though the holidays have passed. I surround tender apple slices with layers of flaky pastry or oats, like a fortress of sweetness. Last night for our dessert, though, I attempted something different: a very simple apple bake. This recipe realizes…

The Rockettes and Homegrown Tomato Sandwiches

By chucksmithAugust 22, 2011April 21, 2023 Featured, Locally Grown, Recipes, Sandwiches, Tomatoes locally grown tomatoes, tomato sandwiches

There’s this sandwich my grandmother makes. It’s easy to build and very delicious. It starts with perfectly ripe tomatoes. When the summer heat first yields vine ripe tomatoes in earnest, you simply slice them, lightly salt them, and stuff them between two toasted pieces of white bread that have been slathered with mayonnaise. This sandwich…

Celebrate Pennsylvania Produce with Us

By rebeccatalbotAugust 11, 2011 Featured, Locally Grown, Seasonal apples, basil, pears, Pennsylvania, plums, produce month, sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelon

Did you know Pennsylvania produce has its own month? At Wolff’s Apple House every month is a month to celebrate produce, but in August it’s official! This year is the sixth year running that the Commonwealth has designated August as Pennsylvania Produce Month. It makes sense—the quality and availability of locally grown produce is at…

Celebrate Peach Season with Local Peach Salsa & Local Peaches

By rebeccatalbotJuly 15, 2011November 2, 2017 Appetizers, Featured, Locally Grown, Peaches, Prepared Foods, Summer Produce fresh salsa, peach salsa, peaches

It’s peach season right now at Wolff’s Apple House! Beginning in early July, our store manager, Brian Bednarz, begins to hand-select the best New Jersey peaches available from local farms. New Jersey is famous for its peach orchards, and since it’s warmer earlier there, the earliest peaches you’ll find in our produce bins come from…

The Proof is in the Peaches

By chucksmithJuly 15, 2011 Featured, Locally Grown, Peaches, Summer Produce locally grown fruit, peaches, summer produce

Edward Behr, author of The Artful Eater, believes that the best apple you will ever eat is a stolen one. In my case, the best peach I have ever eaten was stolen from a neighbor’s fruit tree on a hot July evening in 1992. So fragrant and sweet, it tasted like…like…sunshine, like youthfulness, like summer. It remains, to this…

Welcome to Wolff’s Apple House’s New Website!

By rebeccatalbotJuly 13, 2011April 24, 2015 Featured, Locally Grown, Seasonal, What's New food blog, locally grown produce, recipes Leave a comment

If you’ve visited wolfsapplehouse.com in the past, no doubt you’ve noticed our new look! On July 15, 2011 we launched our new website, which reflects the authentic beauty of our century old store, makes it easy to find quality information about our products and vendors and in-season fruits, vegetables, food and plants. It brings the…