Proceeds from Fair Food's Education Series benefit our awesome instructors and our mission to promote sustainable agriculture in the Philadelphia region. Thanks to our 2014 sponsors, Philadelphia Brewing Co. and Commonwealth Ciders, who provide tasty local beverages for each event!
Do you enjoy bold, innovative flavors? Do you like experimenting at home with fun combinations of ingredients? Do you love ice cream?
Join Fair Food and Weckerly's Ice Cream as we explore how the small-batch artisan ice cream company (and Fair Food member business!) creates ice creams and sorbets with inventive, mouthwatering flavors.
Chef Jen Satinsky, former pastry chef at The White Dog Cafe, and her husband Andy create sublime combinations like Thai Peanut (made with local peanuts and kaffir lime leaves), Salt & Pepper (sea salt caramel with black pepper) and Candied Bacon (enough said). Learn how they keep their products hyper-local and highly seasonal through direct relationships with farmers, shrewd preservation techniques, and -- the fun part -- product development.
Hear the story of the Satinsky's West Philly-based business as they demonstrate techniques like preparing fruit for ice cream, making cajeta (goat's milk caramel), and cooking a custard ice cream base -- then sample the finished product.
Attendees will leave with a guide on how to create their own uniquely-flavored frozen desserts and a voucher for a free pint of Weckerly's ice cream or sorbet from the Green Line Cafe or Fair Food Farmstand.
ABOUT WECKERLY'S ICE CREAM
Fond memories of summers past, cool rewards, late night transgressions, the perfect mate to all desserts and the ideal end to every meal. Ice cream is more than food, it is excitement and comfort wrapped up in a cold treat.
At Weckerly’s we make super-premium ice cream with local and organic ingredients. Our ice cream is made with an egg custard base. That’s why it is “French-style” and we believe that the custard creates a smooth and creamy texture that is without parallel. Our chef and founder has been making ice cream this way for over ten years. Still, with each batch her excitement grows. Excitement about new flavors, fresh harvests, and the opportunity to share Weckerly’s Ice Cream with an eager audience.
We love making ice cream. It is a great outlet for creative expression, a vehicle for vibrant flavors, and a source of joy for happy eaters of frozen treats.
ABOUT CHEF JEN SATINSKY
The brains and brawn behind the Weckerly’s name is pastry chef Jennifer Satinsky. Experienced in all aspects of fine dining desserts, Jennifer found ice cream to be the perfect medium for her creative expression. After cooking and creating wonderful desserts in Philadelphia restaurants for over twelve years, Jennifer decided it was time to bring her specialty to a wider audience. In May Jen walked away from a clamoring restaurant kitchen to focus on delivering her unique ice cream to happy hands and hungry mouths.
As a veteran of the White Dog Cafe, Jen knows the importance of using fresh ingredients and working closely with local farmers. She brings the same values to the ice cream at Weckerly’s. Wherever possible the ingredients in the ice cream are local and from fair trade sources. Organic cream, seasonal fruits, and cocoa and vanilla beans that are grown with compassion form the basis of an exceptional ice cream.
Jennifer and her husband Andy established the Weckerly’s brand in February of 2012.
ABOUT THE FAIR FOOD FARMSTAND
Located in the Reading Terminal Market, the Fair Food Farmstand carries a wide variety of products from more than 90 sustainable farms and food producers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, including urban farms within the city of Philadelphia and is project of nonprofit organization Fair Food Philly. We emphasize local and artisanal foods from small-scale farms and producers, like humanely and pasture-raised meats, poultry and eggs; organic and specialty fruits and vegetables; and raw milk artisan cheeses.
Launched in 2003 to increase access to local food, the Farmstand offers the product mix of the best farmers markets with the convenience and accessibility of a grocery store. The Farmstand is open 7 days a week year-round, providing a steady wholesale market to our vendors and demonstrating the agricultural bounty of our region.
