HOW TO BUILD A CHEESE/CHARCUTERIE PLATE for 6-8 people You will need a slate board or platter. Start with hard cheeses and some soft. Usually a goat, cow, sheep, blue Theme if you can: Italian, Spanish, local, dessert cheeses. Make…
Do you ever just sit around wondering about stuff? Like, Why does the rain fall from up above? And, Why do fools fall in love? And, Wouldn’t those two lines sound great as song lyrics? Well, it’s the height of…
Brandon Hertzler shared amazing cold soup recipes at his cooking class on August 16. Here they are! Chilled Peach Soup with Ginger In this appetizer recipe, fresh, juicy peaches are blended with sweet elevated flavor of roasted carrot puree. The…
Our TV has been tuned to Rio lately, delivering contests from the traditional (gymnastics, track and swimming) to the unexpected (judo, racewalking and handball). So I’ve been thinking about contests. And then next month, on September 10, Weaver’s will also be hosting a…
On Tuesday, August 9, Phoebe Canakis shared recipes for sauces of the world. Find her recipes below! Avocado Dressing or Dip Lemon Curd with Mixed Berry Sauce Chimichurri Sauce Chimichurri is a versatile and simple sauce for protein-based and vegetable recipes, typically…
Tomatoes in my garden suffer one of two fates: fungal wilt or feasting squirrels. To combat tomato wilt, I uproot and discard the affected tomato plants and make sure not to plant tomatoes in the same part of the garden the…
You learn helpful things in the checkout line at Weaver’s. Last month, I was picking up my first-ever bag of chia seeds when the cashier struck up a conversation, asking if I’d ever used these healthy, trendy seeds before and what…
I had the pleasure of teaching a Tuesday-morning class about “low-carb cooking” in the Weaver’s Orchard Barn, always a beautiful setting on a summer day for a casual gathering of farm-market friends to learn and share ideas about cooking. I…
On July 19, Brandon Hertzler and Rachel VanDuzer led a cooking class on cooking with mushrooms and Conebella Farm Cheese. Here are their recipes.
On July 12, Ed Deren led his second class for the summer. This one focused on pairing fruit and meat on the grill. Here are his recipes.