Finds for the Furry & Feathered

Treats for your true Valentine from Jersey’s Bubba Rose Biscuit Co.

On those special days — Feb. 14, for instance — your tail-wagger deserves more than the usual bagged yummy. For that, look no further than Across the Way, where Bubba Rose Biscuit Company of Boonton, NJ, has a pawhold. Bubba Rose treats include decorated cake pops that look good enough for human consumption and Woof Hearts, made with cage-free eggs, natural peanut butter and wildflower honey. All of Bubba Rose’s small-batch creations are free of wheat, corn, soy and gluten. 

The Deli Dispatch

You’ll fall in love with this Alpine-style cheese from Chesco.

For the last year, the cheese cases at both stores have made room for offerings from Unionville, Chester County’s Farm at Doe Run. This month, we’re shining a spotlight on their St. Malachi, a washed-rind Gouda type named after the 18th-century church on the hill near the farm. Try it for its Parmesan-like texture and creamy, buttery finish, with an added hint of hazelnut.

Meat & Fish Market

Ippolito’s crab cakes are perfect for that romantic dinner for two. And the Hill goes steady with Stryker Farm meats.

You know Ippolito’s — or you ought to. They’ve been peddling seafood in South Philly for close to a century. Their crabcakes, made of lump special and claw meat, can be found in both stores. If you and your honey have forgotten the simple beauty of a well-made crabcake with cocktail or tartar sauce, slaw or special salad on the side, add a couple to your basket and light the candles. 

In Chestnut Hill, meanwhile, the number of Stryker Farm products continues to grow. Meat Manager Valerie Baker has added Saylorsburg, Monroe County, pig farmer Nolan Thevnet’s pulled pork to her lineup. If you have a hankering for barbecue on a bun but not the hours to DIY, this is the ticket to a nummy lunch or dinner.

Goings On in Grocery

Looking for salt in all the right places. 

The choice of chips made from something other than potatoes keeps growing, as folks continue their quest for alternative salty snacks. Simply 7 made its bones on organic, non-GMO crunchies made of hipster staples like kale, hummus, lentils and quinoa, and in Mt. Airy, they’ve added Sea Salt Quinoa Chips to the shelves above the checkout line. 

For more on the the healthy-and-tasty tip, Chestnut Hill is adding two varieties of organic Late July tortilla chips to its snack section: Sea Salt and Lime (already in Mt. Airy) and Purple Corn. They’re gluten-free, non-GMO and vegan, and the Purple Corn ones are both extra pretty and brimming with antioxidants. Think of them as blueberries that crunch. 

Fair-trade olive oil from Argentina, con amor.

The latest entrant to our bottled olive oil lineup is from La Riojana, a cooperative from northwest Argentina that has been making wines since the 1940s but branched out in 2015 and became the first fair trade-certified olive oil producer in Latin America. La Riojana organic extra-virgin olive oil is entirely first-cold-pressed and made up of arauco, arbequina and manzanila olives.