Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Travel Guide 2025
Farm to Feast
2024-11-29 14:42:15
The eternal question of what to eat gets scrumptious — and sometimes surprising — answers from bountiful farmlands.
Eye-popping 35-feet-tall greenhouses at Pocono Organics facilitate year-round production of the flavorful produce stocking their café and market in Blakeslee. Close proximity to The Village at Pocono, an upscale resort community, draws guests to breakfast, brunch, and lunch — where the smoked maitake mushroom sandwich, artfully garnished with complex tastes and textures, garners rave reviews — and enables them to shop for fresh foods to prepare back at their private villas. Goods include a line of vibrant condiments created by Executive Chef Lindsay McClain, a Food Network Chopped champion. Delve deeper into the fascinating world of regenerative agriculture with a farm tour or book a private group cooking class.
Artisan cheeses from Caputo Brothers Creamery in Spring Grove are handcrafted in the Italian tradition. Fresh cow’s milk, supplied by local family-owned farms, boasts nuanced flavors derived from the seasonal “terroir” of grazing pastures. Classic favorites like mozzarella, provola, and gouda are supplemented with inventive products incorporating regional brews, such as double bock-washed Troegenator Beer Cheese — a co-star on the Urban Picnic charcuterie board at the hyper-local Millworks restaurant in Harrisburg. Schedule in-person pickup of purchases or order online for delivery. For personal edification or an interactive food party, consider a virtual cheese-making class: cultured curds are mailed frozen, then access the instructional website video at your convenience.
At first glance, the 400-plus majestic animals grazing in grassy pastures at Rolling Hills Red Deer Farm in Catawissa appear to be elk — a bit smaller in size, though with equally impressive antlers. And, while native to the U.K and Europe, these red deer are closely related to domestic elk. Get a close-up look and a chance to hand-feed the beautiful creatures on a hayride tour, narrated by the tractor driver. Watch calves at play in summer and hear the bugling of stags in fall. A gift shop stocks numerous cuts of venison, jerky, and snack sticks, plus healthful antler chews for dogs. Far less gamey than PA’s native white-tailed deer, the flavor is closer to grass-fed bison. Grab a taste at Tomahawks, a Mohawk heritage-inspired taco shop in Mifflinburg where ground venison flavors chili and is crafted into chorizo with mild guajillo peppers.
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