Iris and Honey is a food and lifestyle blog with an emphasis on local farms and businesses in Central PA.
Strites’ Orchard makes the best apple cider. They have a cider press and use 100% apple juice with no additives or preservatives. It’s naturally sweet and refreshing. Take a visit to the orchard and watch the cider press in motion. They even make apple cider slushies. A cold apple cider…
Spring is just around the corner, though you wouldn’t know it by the recent snow fall here in Pennsylvania. My birthday comes soon after the first day of spring and I can remember it snowing on my birthday at least once. Hopefully, this cold weather doesn’t last and spring comes…
One of my favorite frozen dinners has a side of apples swimming in a sweet cinnamon syrup. I do not even want to think about the sugar content in them, but boy, were they good. Now, obviously, you and I can both do better than some reheated syrupy apples. That’s…
I followed the family recipe for my Nona’s pork chops exactly as it was written except for a few minor things. I had a terrible time slicing the apples, so I used slices instead of ring. The yellow rice I used was from Kauffman Orchards and is a jasmine rice…