Chaos from the holidays can bring lack of time and energy. You have just finished Thanksgiving but now it is time to double down for Christmas and Hanukkah! With office parties, kids concerts, Christmas shopping and more all in your agenda, make baking and cooking one less thing to do! At Bishop’s we try to make the busiest time of the year as convenient as possible.
Cooking for large families or office parties can add up, both in time and money!! Save both by ordering some of our Bishop’s Party Platters!! We have a wide variety available, with favorites like Lasagna (beef & vegetable), Linguini with Clams, Chicken Parmesan, Mac and Cheese, Pot Roast and more!! What’s a popular one you might ask?! Penne ala Vodka!! Our house made sauce is a popular one here that you cannot get anywhere else!! Linguini with Clams is a great pick especially if you are having a traditional, Italian Christmas Eve with the Seven Fishes. Serve all our party platters with petite rolls and a delicious pie and your guests will be all set! But make sure to not forget the wine!!!
Bishop’s has plenty of CT Wines, both our own and from other local wineries & vineyards. Fruit wines, sparkling wines, dry wines, hard cider… you name it!! Here at Bishop’s we specialize in wines made 100% from our own fruit! We just released a NEW hard cider, Crosby! It is the perfect blend of apples and local black currants. Semi-sweet and a deep purple color, it is great for the holidays. Other wineries that are featured in the farm market are Hopkins Vineyards, Jonathan Edwards Winery, and Jones Winery.
All platters, pies and side dishes are made fresh, with our hardworking bakery department working tirelessly leading into the holidays. Planning for special holidays or events can be made simple by submitting your order online or by giving us a call at 203-453-2338!! Let us know your pick-up date/time so we can guarantee your items! Click here to see varieties and side dishes. As with every year, we look forward to being a part of your festival spreads with friends and family!
Dana started working for the business in 2005 as a front end cashier while she was in high school. During her 13 plus years here she has moved positions from Front End Supervisor, to Retail Buyers Assistant, to Accounts Payable and now Administrative Assistant. Her most important role/position came in June of 2017, when her husband Jason and she became first time parents to a beautiful baby girl, Harlow!! 
New this year, we’ve added onto our bulk foods set to offer more staples for your baking and cooking regimen. Organic Oats and Basmati Rice are versatile ingredients for planning meals ahead and can be incorporated into your cooking year round. Another fantastic item you can find in our produce department is organic broccolini. In season now, this hearty cruciferous vegetable is a fantastic way to keep eating greens during the winter. A cross between Kale and Broccoli this almost addicting vegetable holds up well to roasting with root vegetables and stays firm and crisp in slow cooking soups.
Apple shippers are our most popular gifts that are available for shipping. Large, crisp, juicy apples are nestled in foam to insure tree perfect apples from our farm. When you purchase a shipper, you will receive eighteen handpicked fancy apples!! If you don’t know what variety to pick, you can get a sampler that will include varieties that are in season. What is great about our apple shippers is that it provides flavor and exclusivity from a different area. Send some apples down south or to the midwest where they can enjoy varieties that are not grown out there. Along with our apple shippers, we also ship our Bishop’s own apples cider, kettle corn popcorn and apple cider donuts!
Enjoy the convenience of our Grab N’ Go Fruit, Nut, Cream and No Sugar Added Pies! Bishop’s Orchards strives to make your holidays easier with the convenience of everything already done! Our fruit pies are baked fresh everyday. We have the popular pies like Apple, Blueberry, Pumpkin and Pecan, as well as specialty pies like Cherry, Peachberry and a fan favorite, Fruits of the Farm! If you are looking to stay traditional but if you want to step it up a notch, try our crumb pies that are available for blueberry and apple pies!! This crunchy, sugary crumb topping accompanies the delicious fruit in such a savory way! 
You may have seen a new variety of squash hit the Farm Market this Fall. It’s smaller but shaped like a butternut squash with a pumpkin orange color when fully ripe. Honeynut Squash is new to our Farm Market this season and our customers keep coming back for more. Honeynut squash came to market a few years ago as a result of a collaboration between Michael Mazourek, a genetics professor from Cornell University and Dan Barber, New York restaurant owner. The result of this effort brought about a smaller squash with a sweet, deep nutty flavor.
Upon enjoying your first Honeynut Squash you might notice that not only is the color deeper than a Butternut Squash but the flavor and nutrient content is also more robust. Chef Dan and Professor Michael advise roasting the squash at 400 degrees, 20 minutes with a drizzle of Olive Oil and a dash of salt and pepper…. That’s the easiest way to really taste the full flavor of the squash. As with other squash varieties you can also roast and puree it for soups, add it to muffin mixes, mash it up and add it to a fall cookie batter and even supplement your waffle or pancake mix to give it a boost of Vitamins A & C as well as beta carotene.
Honeynut Squash Soup 
For years, she worked off and on managing her father’s local business. During this time she had their second son, Brandon, in 1996. Bobbi and her husband worked a lot to provide for their family, but always made commute and convenience a huge factor in their full-time jobs. They always made time for their kids’ activities, classroom involvement and time to travel. In 2004 Bobbi and Chris had their youngest, Linnea. During their kids’ childhood, she worked for ten years as the Area Manager for a local business. The family of four loved spending so much time with each other, forming a special bond within their extra curricular activity… Martial Arts/Tae Kwon Do/Hapkido. 
It is officially everyone’s favorite time of the year! Fall is here and the farm is so excited! Pears and apples are currently being picked, with our Pumpkin Patch now also being open. While pumpkin picking has just started, pear picking will be coming to an end by early October. Pears are being picked on weekends when we are at our Main Orchard off of New England Road. Pears being picked include Bosc and limited Bartlett. Our pears come in various sizes, shapes and colors. Bartlett’s are generally juicy, sweet and excellent for eating, canning and cooking. Bosc pears are crisp with a rougher skin and best for eating and cooking. Pears actually ripen best off the tree so you want to make sure you pick them when they are mature but not ripe. Make sure to store your pears at room temperature as they will ripen in a few days. 
We offer a wide selection of our pies from the farm (baked fresh or frozen), cream pies, tea breads and cookie dough! Apple pie, fruits of the farm, pecan, banana cream… you name it! There is a minimum of 50 pies to participate in this program, an easily met goal by all. For most fundraisers, we suggest doing frozen pies due to freshness factor and having a more flexible pick-up schedule. You are going to want to set-up a cutoff date for incoming orders, so make sure to leave a few extra days to collect and calculate everything. All orders must be placed with Bishop’s Orchards at least 14 days prior to your pick date.
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