Koepsels Farm Market Baileys Harbor, WI
by Lee Barrie and Cindy Kurman
Original story appeared in StreetWise
Koepsels: Order online for memorable wintertime food gifts
If jams and jellies are your favorites, you can choose from a wide range of traditional and creative varieties: red chopped cherry, whole cherry, red cherry/red raspberry, cherry amaretto, red hot raspberry, blueberry/cherry, hot pepper jelly, strawberry, peach, rhubarb, red currant, boysenberry, apricot, blackberry, apple, apple cinnamon, cranberry. If you prefer a no-sugar added jam, try blackberry, strawberry, peach, red cherry, blueberry, strawberry rhubarb, just to name some.
Koepsels’ butters offer the delights of fruit and autumn veggies in a spreadable, less sugary form. Try cinnamon candy apple butter, sweet potato butter, pumpkin butter, apple butter, unsweetened apple butter, peach butter, prune/walnut butter, cherry butter.
Koepsels offer delectable fresh pies at the store, but you can make them at home using their freshly canned pie fillings, in regular and low sugar varieties: cherry, cherry amaretto, red cherry/red raspberry, raspberry rhubarb, peachberry.
There are plentiful choices of packaged and canned goods available online. Here are just a few to consider: milk or dark chocolate covered cherries, dried cherries with or without sugar, dessert cherries, applesauce with or without sugar, hot fudge, sauerkraut with or without caraway, corn relish, red pepper relish, Vidalia sweet onion relish, mild salsa, black bean and corn salsa, cherry salsa (amazing!), Vidalia onion peach salsa.
If you’re a salad lover, Koepsels’ dressings will add a festive, artisan touch, made with Vidalia onions: poppyseed, cucumber, peppercorn, ranch, summer tomato.
Finally, add some 2- or 4-year Wisconsin cheddar cheese to your package and you will bring some true north country joy to your loved ones.
We love Koepsels’ products and the friendly, helpful style of their entire staff. So if you appreciate the specialness of a well-run family food business, please keep this Door County treasure in mind.
Note: DineWise is a weekly column appearing in StreetWise magazine. Lee Barrie is on the StreetWise board of directors and he and his wife Cindy own Kurman Communications, a Chicago-based public relations agency specializing in lifestyle, restaurant and hospitality strategic branding, marketing promotions, media relations and social networking. If you’d like your restaurant to be featured on the DineWise blog and in StreetWise magazine, please contact mailto:dinewise@kurman.com