French Nectarine Clafoutis

By rachelvanduzerSeptember 3, 2020April 21, 2023 Desserts, Featured, Peaches, Recipes

Clafoutis (pronounced clah-foo-tee) is a delicious French dessert that can be made with any in-season fruit, such as berries, cherries, peaches, nectarines or plums. I used to make clafoutis often with sweet cherries from the cherry tree at my old house, but I recently made it with in-season nectarines and peaches and it was delicious!…

No-Churn Peaches & Cinnamon Ice Cream

By rebeccatalbotAugust 15, 2019April 21, 2023 Desserts, Featured, Peaches, Recipes

A few years ago, I worked at a university writing center, and one of the back-to-school team-building moments for the returning writing tutors was always churning homemade custard. Cranking the handle of an old-fashioned ice cream maker was a good bonding activity. Conversation flows easily when you’re engaged in culinary activities that require you to…

Peach, Basil, and Mozzarella Salad

By recipesAugust 15, 2019April 21, 2023 Featured, Peaches

Like the familiar Caprese Salad, but with peaches instead of tomatoes! An excellent side dish for the middle of summer when peaches are in season, this salad is a delicious combination of sweet and tangy flavors with a pop of spicy basil!

Savory Peach and Tomato Pie

By rebeccatalbotJuly 11, 2019April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Peaches, Recipes, Summer Produce, Tomatoes

July is peak season for peaches, tomatoes, and corn. This time of year, the corn is fresh picked and brought to Wolff’s daily so it’s sweeter. Sweet corn is best right after it’s harvested. Within three days, its sugar/starch ratio can change from 80:20 to 20:80 as the sugar converts into starch. That’s what makes it turn…

Grilled Peaches with Caribbean Jerk Chicken

By rachelvanduzerAugust 28, 2018April 21, 2023 Gluten-Free, Main-Dishes, Peaches, Summer Produce caribbean, rice

A Treasured Recipe Some recipes are made only once and then forgotten while others become so well-loved that the cookbook pages fall open right to that page and food stains help dogear the edges. The latter description is how this Caribbean chicken recipe is for my family. I cut the recipe out of a magazine…

Savor Peach Season with These 9 Peach Recipes

By rebeccatalbotAugust 9, 2018February 28, 2019 Featured, Peaches, Recipes peaches

One summer about six years ago, I gained a new appreciation for how much work goes into bringing peaches to the market. A friend had invited me to harvest pick-your-own peaches up at Weaver’s Orchard in Morgantown, PA, one of the farms that supplies Wolff’s with their peaches. I was used to picking strawberries, blueberries…

Shrimp Tacos with Peach Salsa

By recipesAugust 8, 2018April 21, 2023 Main-Dishes, Peaches, Prepared Foods, Recipes shrimp tacos

Wolff’s Own Peach Salsa goes with so much more than just tortilla chips! Here, use it as both marinade and taco topping for these shrimp tacos! Makes about 8 tacos… depending on how many shrimps you put in each.

Clingstone vs. Freestone, and Other Peach Facts

By recipesJuly 15, 2018February 28, 2019 Peaches peaches

Peaches are off to a big start, and we can tell it’s going to be awesome peach season this year! Peaches thrive when there’s a wet spring and a hot, dry summer… which is exactly what this year has brought us so far! We have great varieties of locally grown yellow and white peaches and yellow nectarines! Some…

Easy Peach Popsicles

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 7, 2017April 21, 2023 Featured, Peaches, Recipes

One evening when I was five years old, I straddled the split-rail fence that guarded our yard from the road. As I perched there with all of my five-year-old grace (which is to say, very little grace whatsoever), I suddenly tipped forward, landed face-first on pavement, and knocked out my two front teeth. When the metallic-tasting…

Peach Season Is Here, and It’s Great This Year!

By rebeccatalbotAugust 23, 2017August 23, 2017 Featured, Peaches

After talking with the three main orchards that supply Wolff’s peaches, three things are clear about this year’s peach season: the fruit is tasty, plentiful, and the whole season has been tracking ahead of schedule. Phyllis Shenk works at Cherry Hill Orchards in Lancaster, PA, one of the three growers that supply Wolff’s with peaches. For…

Peachy Pudding

By recipesAugust 3, 2017April 21, 2023 Desserts, Featured, Peaches, Recipes

This peach-filled bread pudding is a perfect “comfort food” for the summer months! Top with vanilla ice cream, and add blackberries for a pop of tartness!

Cucumber Peach Salad

By recipesNovember 29, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Peaches, Recipes, Salads, Summer Produce

This salad is a taste of summer, pure and simple. You’ll want to make it every year, as soon as peaches are ripe!

Our Customers’ Favorite Recipes for “The Big Three”

By rebeccatalbotAugust 6, 2015November 2, 2017 Featured, Leafy Greens, Peaches, Recipe-Round-Up, Recipes, Tomatoes

If you had to grab a piece of scrap paper right now and make a list of the most popular local summer produce, I’ll bet you wouldn’t have any trouble at all coming up with the top three. They’re the fruits and vegetables we all wait for all throughout the rest of the year because we…

Peach or Mango Avocado Black Bean Salad

By recipesJuly 28, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Peaches, Recipes, Salads

This bean salad recipe was originally done with mango instead of peaches, but in the spirit of the season we tweaked it, and the result is delicious!

Watermelon Green Smoothie

By recipesJuly 28, 2015April 21, 2023 Beverages, Featured, Leafy Greens, Peaches, Recipes, Summer Produce

Green smoothies have been gaining popularity for the past few years. Throw in some fresh spinach or kale with your fruit smoothie, and: POW! Your pink, red, or peachy smoothie is now a brilliant shade of green, but still tastes the same! And, you’ve snuck in some great healthy bits. What’s not to like? Using juicy…

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…

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…

15 Easy In-Season Recipes for Labor Day

By rebeccatalbotAugust 27, 2014November 2, 2017 Berries, Beverages, Featured, Peaches, Recipe-Round-Up, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Tomatoes

How wonderful are Labor Day vacations? They snag the last bits of summer, salvaging time with family and friends before the rush of fall schedules pulls us in different directions. They celebrate cooler weather and golden sunlit evenings. They offer rest. When I was growing up, Labor Day was our favorite family vacation time. We…

Dessert for Dinner: Brie Quesadillas with Peach Compote and Basil

By rebeccatalbotJuly 23, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Peaches, Recipes brie, compote, quesadillas

In elementary school, I had a friend whose mom would make waffles for lunch. Ricotta-cheese-stuffed waffles, topped with strawberries and maple syrup. I loved going to this friend’s house. It was a magical world. Outside, in the corner of their yard, you ducked under some wild rosebushes to reach a trail that led over a…

Getting Creative with Local Produce: In the Kitchen with Marie Connell of MyHouse Cookies

By rebeccatalbotJuly 17, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Peaches, Recipes, Vendors cooking classes, grilled peaches, MyHouse Cookies, peach salsa

This morning, Marie Connell of MyHouse Cookies stood in her kitchen surrounded by tomatoes as she prepared to make quiches. “I know the farmer,” she told me about the tomatoes, “I know she picked them this morning. I know they haven’t been sitting in a truck or a railway car for a week.” If Marie…