Iris and Honey is a food and lifestyle blog with an emphasis on local farms and businesses in Central PA.
I initially made this nut butter honey cake to bring in to work for my co-worker’s birthday, but after I tasted it, I cut a slice for my co-worker and kept the rest for myself. I shared two other slices with my grandparents. When my grandmother bit in to her…
In honor of National Mushroom Day, which is today, October 15, I made Mushroom Swiss Burgers. Plot twist: the mushrooms are in the burger! Local ingredients in this burger are: the ground beef, which is from Valley Vista Acres, the Swiss cheese which is from Apple Valley Creamery, the buns,…
Supporting local businesses that source their products from out of the area supports both the local and global or national economy and is a good solution for many of the locavore challenges. Choices: There is a grocery store in the area that sources its products locally when it can. This…
There are challenges to becoming a locavore. Finding reliable sources of food that are local may be difficult. The original locavore challenge focused on what was available in a 100-mile radius. These are a few of the challenges that exist in Pennsylvania: Choices: Are avocados grown in Pennsylvania? How about…