Microgreens from New Eden Greens

By recipesSeptember 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Featured, Vendors

We find that customers visit Wolff’s Farm Market for a variety of reasons — some want to shop local and support area farmers, while others are looking to expand their palates beyond the fruits and vegetables available in the grocery store, and some are on a journey to eat better. No matter which of these…

Media Baker’s Guild

By rebeccatalbotMarch 19, 2020March 20, 2020 Featured, Vendors

During times of stress, it is especially crucial to pay attention to the things that sustain us. We renew our appreciation for our daily bread. And while we are socially distancing, we especially appreciate food that is both nutritious and an exciting treat. The Media Bakers Guild is continuing to supply this. Baked goods from…

On Bread and Craftsmanship: Jerome Sheehan’s Artisan European-Style Bread

By rebeccatalbotApril 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Vendors

Jerome Sheehan of Chester County had spent over twenty years in accounting and finance when he decided that he was ready for something different. “I wanted to work with my hands,” says Jerome, “and produce something tangible that I could be proud of.” His travels abroad reinforced this longing to be part of an artisan tradition….

All About Apple Cider

By rebeccatalbotFebruary 13, 2019September 9, 2021 Apples, Beverages, Featured, Vendors apple cider, cider

Even when it’s no longer time for apple picking, winter is the prime time to enjoy local apples by eating them… and drinking them. From September to May, Weaver’s Orchard in Morgantown, PA presses the apple cider that you enjoy at Wolff’s. Then from late spring to early fall, they freeze their preservative-free cider so…

A Casa Pizza: Bake at Home Pizza and Stromboli from a Local Family Business

By rebeccatalbotJanuary 31, 2019March 5, 2019 Featured, Vendors pizza

It’s a classic group project in business school: to create a new hypothetical business from the ground up. When Erin Hagarty was in an MBA program at Georgetown, she told her team about the business she had grown up in: a bake-at-home pizza business. The team decided to capitalize on her first-hand knowledge. They named…

Meet Our Beekeepers and Honey Vendors!

By rebeccatalbotMarch 8, 2018March 9, 2018 Featured, Vendors

When you’re looking for honey at Wolff’s, you’ll notice that it comes from several different apiaries. But one thing all our honey has in common: it’s raw. Customers say that their seasonal allergies have gotten better after using raw honey. Since raw honey contains small amounts of local pollen, it can help people build up…

Wolff’s vs. Grocery Store, Part II

By rebeccatalbotApril 14, 2016April 19, 2016 Featured, Vendors

Last September, my sister challenged me to look at beloved Wolff’s Apple House items next to similar items at my local big box grocery store and explore the quality and nutrition of each. Trying to find any product that even resembled those Wolff’s carries proved difficult in some cases. And when I did find comparable foods…. bleh! The…

Wolff’s vs. Grocery Store: How Do The Products Compare?

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 17, 2015September 18, 2015 Featured, Prepared Foods, Vendors

When I moved from Chicago to rural Pennsylvania, shopping in a traditional grocery store became my most depressing and frustrating errand. So many options surrounded me, all of them choices between lesser evils. Organic and local products eluded me. And ethnic or specialty food? I have cried over the lack of hummus. I will admit it. Today, when I…

KITCHEN COPY: THE WHOLE EGG

By chucksmithMay 6, 2015April 21, 2023 Appetizers, Cooking Methods, Featured, Kitchen Copy, Recipes, Vendors eggs, local ingredients, recipes

For someone who grew up eating uniformly bleach-white supermarket eggs, all natural, free range eggs were a revelation. My wife used to run a farm, and it was there that I first encountered them. It was on that farm where I witnessed firsthand the obvious benefits of allowing laying hens the opportunity to range freely. And it was also on that farm where I first tasted…

Bevan’s Own Make Candies Keeps Traditions Alive

By rebeccatalbotJanuary 29, 2015 Featured, Vendors

If you ask Randy Bevan what processes and traditions have stayed the same in the 56 years Bevan’s Own Make has been delighting the Delaware Valley with handmade candies, he will tell you, “Everything.” In a time when the new, shiny next big thing lures many businesses, Randy Bevan is a small business owner who believes…

Canter Hill Farm: Starting a ‘Beyond Organic’ Farm from Scratch

By rebeccatalbotOctober 2, 2014May 12, 2016 Farm-to-Table, Featured, Vendors

Some farmers have farming in their blood. Knowledge of agriculture and of the joys, hardships and value of farming have been passed down through generations, and the family tradition continues. Increasingly, however, people who have not grown up on farms are learning to homestead, raise livestock and grow produce for their communities. They want to…

Celebrating Apple Season (Part 2)

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 25, 2014September 26, 2014 Apples, Cooking Methods, Featured, Gifts from the Kitchen, Holiday, Seasonal, Vendors

Apple season means apple cider season, apple fritter season, and of course apple pie season. For aspiring bakers, apple pie season can be a frustrating time indeed. I’ve been known to put my hands on my hips and glare at a pie crust that just won’t stop sticking to the counter and ripping. And I…

Celebrating Apple Season with Apple Sampling & a Cooking Demo (Part 1)

By rebeccatalbotSeptember 18, 2014April 21, 2023 Apples, Farm History, Featured, Recipes, Vendors

The Wolff family loves produce of all flavors, shapes and stripes. They not only know the farmers who grew the produce, they also know all you would ever want to know about the local produce itself: how it grows, the varieties you can find it in and when they ripen, how this year’s crop differs…

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…

Making All-Natural Choices: Lone Star Farm Beef

By rebeccatalbotJune 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Featured, Vendors all-natural beef, burgers, father's day, free-range beef

With Father’s Day just around the corner, many people start to think about treating their dads to meat cooked on the grill. This time of year, the weather is just right for gathering the family for a picnic and grilling tender, flavorful burgers, with the smell of a barbeque wafting on the breeze. Just over…

Labor Day Picnic Possibilities and Some Feisty Guacamole

By JenniferHetrickAugust 28, 2013April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Holiday, Locally Grown, Peaches, Prepared Foods, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Tomatoes, Vendors

While Fran, Pete and Ashley Wolff work every Labor Day, they’re grateful for the opportunity to help people appreciate their goodbye to summer with great foods and ideas for good spots for picnics. And they like that they close at 4 p.m., too, so they can get together with the rest of their family as…

Peach Smarts and a Cobbler, Too

By JenniferHetrickAugust 22, 2013April 21, 2023 Cooking Methods, Desserts, Featured, Locally Grown, Peaches, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Vendors

Wolff’s Apple House sells some of its selection of peaches from Weaver’s Orchard in Morgantown, Berks County. And its owner, Ed Weaver, has plenty of peach smarts regularly on the mind from growing them each year. He raises 15 acres of peach trees, primarily freestone varieties. Weaver notes that one unique attribute of peaches is…

Mingling Meat and Melons

By JenniferHetrickAugust 1, 2013December 3, 2015 Featured, Locally Grown, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Vendors

The marriage of melons and deli-ready meats is a great August meal add-on, especially with Wolff’s Apple House offering plenty of honeydew, canary cantaloupe, sugar baby watermelon, seedless watermelon and yellow watermelon right now. Di Bruno Bros., a vendor of freshly made cheeses available at Wolff’s, also sells a lineup of Italian deli meats that…

The Cunning Way of Caprese

By JenniferHetrickJune 20, 2013November 2, 2017 Featured, Locally Grown, Recipes, Salads, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Tomatoes, Vendors

Caprese is an Italian-inspired summer dish that riles mouth-watering factors with ease. It has a lot of possibilities in variation but usually involves slices of freshly picked tomatoes, basil leaves from the garden, cuts of mozzarella cheese and either drizzles of olive oil or balsamic vinaigrette. Sprinkles of ground pepper complement this flavorful and especially…

Authenticity in What We Do: MyHouse Cookies

By rebeccatalbotNovember 7, 2012October 29, 2015 Featured, Vendors apple pie, baking, chocolate chip cookies, Marie Connell, MyHouse Cookies, Tom Connell

Step into a time when heirloom apples were peeled by hand. Colorful peels swirl onto the counter-top, laughter and conversation rise like flecks of flour in the air, and tender apples get tucked into handmade pastry made with real butter. This might sound like a snippet from another generation, yet it describes the way Marie…