Made in the Lehigh Valley

Author: Gen Terpstra

  • Butterhead Kitchen

    Butterhead Kitchen

    Butterhead Kitchen

    Vegan Products Maker and Vegan Cooking Classes
    Easton, PA

    Owner of Butterhead Kitchen, Jason Sizemore, sitting at his event space table.

    Butterhead Kitchen, based in Easton, was founded by Jason Sizemore, former elementary schoolteacher and principal. Initially, Jason started his business as a side hustle, teaching a Vegan Thanksgiving cooking class in 2018. When that was a success, he added Vegan Comfort Foods and Vegan Italian, and found those were wildly popular as well. Inspired by this new-found market, he left his principal position in 2019, and has been teaching vegan cooking ever since!

    Jason says that 90% of his cooking class patrons are actually not vegan themselves! His course catalog has expanded, and his courses are enjoyed by a great diversity of people from the Lehigh Valley and beyond. Butterhead Kitchen sells vegan mozzarella, vegan cream cheese spreads, vegan pepperoni, vegan PA Dutch sweet ring bologna, vegan tuna and vegan chicken salad.

    Many of the recipes Jason uses for his products (most notably, his soft mozzarella) have been modified and perfected by him over time, and he endeavors to get them as delicious and authentic-tasting as possible. Butterhead prepares vegan meals and single-plates for holidays and special occasions. They also continue to be a prolific source of vegan cooking classes (on-site, off-site, and online), corporate team-building activities, special events, and smaller-scale vegan catering.

    Butterhead Products can purchased at the following stores:

    • Easton Public Market @ the Highmark Farmstand
    • Firefly Café, Boyertown
    • Veg Out, Bethlehem
    • Greenearth Marketplace, Emmaus
    • Jay’s Local, Allentown

    Phone: 610-686-3000 • Address: Lower Level, 4200 William Penn Hwy Rear, Easton, 18045 • E-mail: butterheadkitchen@gmail.com

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  • Five Maidens Cider Company

    Five Maidens Cider Company

    Five Maidens Cider Company

    Craft Alcoholic Cider
    Bethlehem, PA

    Glass of Cider with 5 Maidens Brand logo

     

    Five Maidens Cider Company formed through a desire to provide high quality craft beverages. Owners Brian and Andrew began their journey back in 2009 with a basic homebrew starter kit and some predesigned recipes. Five Maidens began when Brian and Andrew felt that they reached the peak in their product’s quality, along with the encouragement of their family and friends. They opened their business to share their libations with the local community.

    The name Five Maidens has multiple meanings. One definition of maiden is in reference to a fruit tree. In this case, a maiden is a fruit tree in its first year of growth. Because family is such a cornerstone of Brian and Andrew’s lives and because of their desire to provide a family friendly establishment, they took the definition of maiden a step further and applied their own families’ maidens: the three sons and two daughters between their two families. Maiden can also mean a first act or attempt, and so, as the Five Maidens Cider Company is just starting off, it is a first attempt to share Five Maidens’ craft beverages with the Five Maidens’ community.

    Address: 327 Polk St., Bethlehem PA 18015 • Website: https://5mcider.com/ • Current Menu: https://5mcider.com/ontap/

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  • Crooked Tree Chicken Ranch (Formerly Chartier Farms)

    Crooked Tree Chicken Ranch (Formerly Chartier Farms)

    Crooked Tree Chicken Ranch (Formerly Chartier Farms)

    Free-Range Chicken Farm
    Bath, PA

    Jude and Mayra Chartier - Free range chicken farm in the Lehigh Valley

    Over 21 years ago, Jude married Mayra from the Dominican Republic. At the time, Jude had horses and occasionally raised beef for personal use. Mayra was never a big beef and pork eater since the primary livestock in the Dominican Republic is chicken, but she hated the quality of poultry that was available in the general grocery store. He told her that he could raise some chickens for her, just like those from the Dominican Republic. That is where the whole story of Chartier Farms really started.

    The chickens of Chartier Farms.

    Today, the chickens of Chartier Farms roam the meadows and woods around the barn each day, eating bugs, seeds, fruits, and whatever else they enjoy! Needless to say, the chickens are cage free and humanely raised. Chartier Farms offers many products including all cuts of chicken, chicken burgers, chicken pizzas, smoked items, and chicken sausage.

    Items may be ordered for Friday home delivery, or picked up at the Rose Garden Farmer’s Market on 8th Ave in Bethlehem, or picked up directly at the farm in Bath, PA. Delivery areas include Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Monroe Counties in PA, and Somerset, Middlesex, and Warren Counties in NJ.

    Online Ordering: https://app.barn2door.com/chartierfarms/all  ·  Address: 760 Andrews Rd., Bath PA, 18014

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  • Shantés Travel Things

    Shantés Travel Things

    Shantés Travel Things

    Handmade Travel Accessories
    Allentown, PA

    Shante's Travel Things - Owner Shanté Grayer

    Shantés Travel Things sells handmade, unique, and durable travel accessories. Owner Shanté is an experienced traveler, started her business making luggage tags for herself, to replace the less durable ones from stores. Incredibly, as she walked around the airport with her first handmade luggage tag, a total stranger asked her where she got it, and the stranger bought it from her right there in the airport!

    Since then, she has been expanding her offerings to include lanyards, passport wallets, toiletry bags, dry bags, totes, smaller bags, change purses and more.

    Shantés Travel Things products are unique and personally engineered by Shanté to hold up under tough travel conditions. The bright colors and patterns can be chosen to match individuals’ tastes, and distinguish luggage in baggage claim!

    Shantés Travel Things aims to be a global brand, featuring one-stop-shop travel website and app, as well as stores in the US and overseas. Shanté loves the community and connections with other people in the Lehigh Valley and can’t wait to sell her goods at more fairs and locations in the future!

    Contact:  Phone: 484-246-6383 • Website: www.shantestravelthings.com • E-mail: shantedidathing@yahoo.com

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  • Thomas Lubben, Author

    Thomas Lubben, Author

    Thomas Lubben, Author

    Author
    Northampton, PA

    Thomas Lubben, author

    Tom Lubben is in his 80s and beginning his 60th year in Education- and continues teaching in college. Between the ages of 60 and 75, he opened 4 artistic-focused charter schools in the Lehigh Valley that today serve a combined 2,000 students and employ over 200 employees. He began seriously writing in his 70’s and published three books (fiction and non-fiction) over the past three months.

    His mystery series features amateur detective, BJ Gleeson.  Two have been published: Death on the Pines- 2022, and Death on the Bayou. Three more yet to come…

    And God’s not finished with him just yet.  His non-fiction, spiritual works include “A Year’s Journey” (a journal), and “The Eyewitnesses”, an account of ten major miracles of Jesus as observed by bystanders and eyewitnesses.

    Contact:  Phone: 484-505-0697 • Website: https://www.authors-lehigh-valley.com/ • E-mail: tlubben1957@gmail.com

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