Crepes with Strawberries & Chocolate Drizzle

By rachelvanduzerFebruary 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Berries, Breakfast, Desserts, Featured, Recipes

I love when Valentine’s Day falls on a weekend. There’s something so cozy about this mid-February holiday. I’ve never been much for competing with the crowds to get a table at a restaurant, but I love getting to enjoy some chocolate-themed treats in the quiet of my home. This year as restaurants operate at even…

Valentine’s Strawberry Cake

By recipesFebruary 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Berries, Desserts, Featured, Recipes

Adapted from a Bon Appetit recipe, this sheet cake is dotted with pretty strawberries and has a bright, lemony flavor. And yes, that is olive oil you’re using! Top with the optional strawberry whipped cream for an extra treat. Print Valentine’s Strawberry Cake Author: Wolff’s Apple House Ingredients 12 oz. strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced…

Apple Cinnamon Fruit Dip

By rachelvanduzerJanuary 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Apples, Featured, Recipes

Apples are the perfect afternoon snack, especially when you can add a tasty Apple Cinnamon Fruit Dip to go with it. Currently, two very popular varieties of apple we are selling include Evercrisp apples and Pink Lady apples. Evercrisp are a cross between Honeycrisp and Fuji apples. They are sweet, crunchy, crisp and juicy. Currently…

Sliced Beef with Buttery Mushroom Sauce

By recipesJanuary 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Featured, Free Range Meats, Main-Dishes, Recipes

Adapted from one of Andi Wolff’s recipes. This is a rich sauce, and a pleasant alternative to the bottled sauces. Print Sliced Beef with Buttery Mushroom Sauce Ingredients 2 lbs. Cooked Beef: Steak, Roast Beef, London Broil, etc. 2 C. Thinly Sliced Button Mushrooms 8 Tbsp. Finely Chopped Onion 2 Tbsp. Freshly Squeezed Lemon…

Brioche French Toast

By recipesDecember 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Breakfast, Featured, Recipes

Wolff’s chef Chuck Smith LOVES making breakfast and brunch. Here’s his go-to French Toast recipe, using Media Bakers Guild brioche (cinnamon OR cinnamon raisin are both great here!) Great for Sunday breakfast, but Chuck says he completely understands if you’d rather make this for a weeknight dinner ☺ Serves 3 or 4. Print Brioche French…

Creamy Artichoke and Tomato Sauce

By SusanEdelmanSeptember 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Main-Dishes, Recipes, Tomatoes, Vegetarian/Vegan

Since the pandemic began, I appreciate a well-stocked pantry more than I ever did. A full pantry allows flexibility and variety in what to make for dinner. Maybe one night it’s rice and beans. Maybe one night, pasta and sauce. Leftover vegetables from the refrigerator with canned or boxed broth plus rice and beans or…

French Nectarine Clafoutis

By rachelvanduzerSeptember 3, 2020 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!…

Blueberry Corn Salad

By SusanEdelmanJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Berries, Featured, Recipes, Salads

I heard the expression “salad days” before. I had a vague sense of its meaning. I thought if somebody said, “These are my salad days,” it meant, these were the days of abundance and youth, almost like the word heyday, the peak of experience. That understanding catches most of the meaning, but there’s a…

Hot Milk Cake with Berry Sauce

By rachelvanduzerMay 20, 2020May 25, 2020 Berries, Cooking Methods, Desserts, Featured, Recipe-Round-Up, Recipes

Photos by Abbi Bull While this spring has looked nothing like any of us planned on, it’s always helpful to look for the silver lining. College student Abbi Bull was enjoying her semester at Cairn University when the pandemic hit. She had to move back home and continue studies online. While she had been…

Simple Sautéed Fiddleheads

By recipesApril 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Featured, Recipes, Sides

Wild-growing and locally foraged, fiddleheads are the tightly coiled tops of young ferns as they emerge from the ground in the spring. Their season is VERY short, so get them while you can! Best enjoyed as a small side dish, fiddleheads have a flavor that is reminiscent of asparagus and slightly nutty. This recipe is…

Apple Bourbon Cake

By recipesJanuary 20, 2020January 21, 2020 Apples, Desserts, Featured, Recipes

An “intoxicating” way to enjoy our local apples! Try Wolff’s employee Kathy Fantau’s Apple Bourbon Cake recipe… she brought some in for us to try last week, and we LOVED it! Print Apple Bourbon Cake Author: Kathy Fantau Ingredients 4 large apples, peeled, cored, and chopped 1 cup bourbon 2 cups sugar ½ cup vegetable…

Spinach Dip

By recipesJanuary 2, 2020January 2, 2020 Featured, Recipes

This dip uses fresh spinach, tofu, and Greek yogurt– in place of mayonnaise, sour cream, and/or cream cheese– for a healthy, high-protein twist on a classic! (Don’t worry, it’s still amazingly creamy and delicious) Print Spinach Dip Ingredients 1 lb fresh spinach, stems removed and thoroughly washed* 6 oz plain, lowfat Greek yogurt 1…

Banana Bread with Crumb Topping

By rebeccatalbotNovember 27, 2019 Featured, Recipes

Sweet breads are a satisfying accompaniment to any holiday meal. My mother-in-law knows this well. In addition to the usual dinner rolls that are always a must at a big feast, she serves several kinds of sweet bread. Usually that includes pumpkin, zucchini and banana bread. This year at Thanksgiving, I was in charge of…

Homemade Ice Cream for the Holidays

By rachelvanduzerNovember 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Desserts, Featured, Holiday, Recipes

Homemade ice cream in an ice cream maker is just about one of the easiest and most delicious things you can make in a snap. It requires a few steps, but comes together in a matter of minutes. It’s a great way to save money on ice cream, and if you have kids in the…

Pumpkin Apple Muffins

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 19, 2019September 23, 2019 Apples, Featured, Pumpkin, Recipes

It is important to pay attention to goodness. Whenever I step into a bakery, I think of this, because a bakery always calls to mind Raymond Carver’s short story “A Small, Good Thing.” In the midst of an unbelievable tragedy, a family also starts receiving harassing anonymous phone calls. Finally, the mother realizes who has…

Easy Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomato Wraps

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 12, 2019 Featured, Leafy Greens, Recipes, Tomatoes

This week, I had a small culinary challenge I needed to figure out. I needed to serve food to group of somewhere between seven and fifteen people, and it needed to be not at all messy. I was gathering with a group of friends to watch a film in a fancy theater space that were…

No-Churn Peaches & Cinnamon Ice Cream

By rebeccatalbotAugust 15, 2019August 16, 2019 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…

Savory Peach and Tomato Pie

By rebeccatalbotJuly 11, 2019July 11, 2019 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…

Pickled Cherry Tomatoes

By recipesJuly 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Featured, Recipes, Tomatoes

A simple pickling turns summer’s sweet cherry tomatoes into a POP of dill-infused flavor! They make a great addition to salads… or if you want to be adventurous, try switching them out for olives in martinis! This recipe makes 2 pint jars. Print Pickled Cherry Tomatoes Author: Wolff’s Apple House Ingredients 1 heaping pint cherry…

Penne Arrabbiata with Homegrown Tomatoes

By rebeccatalbotJune 20, 2019June 21, 2019 Featured, Recipes, Tomatoes

Italy is heaven. At least, it is in Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel The Enchanted April, which I’m reading for a book club this week. The premise is that four women, who are all processing the ways that life has disappointed them, escape their dreary English lives to vacation in an Italian castle. There, beauty heals them….