A recent visit to a New Zealand meat packing plant was impressive, interesting, and a walk down memory lane. This first post is mostly about the memory lane part… ————– I was raised in a Veal Slaughterhouse & Meat Packing Plant in New Jersey I don’t mean that I lived in one, but my father …

In the last few years, we have developed about 700 recipes, like this. Up until recently, we held the photoshoots at my house. My lucky neighbors would come over in the afternoon and help us make sure that no food went to waste. When we moved into an office with a kitchen, photoshoots moved there …

The easiest analogy to describe what it is like in a meat slaughter and processing facility is to imagine a car factory.   Imagine a car production line where a car chassis is suspended by a hook from the ceiling and it moves from station to station as this part and that part are added and …

I had dinner last night with a dairy farmer at a breathtaking vineyard in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.  I’m here primarily to learn about our new grass-fed beef, but there’s always unexpected lessons.  In this case, I gained unexpected clarity from facts I already knew.  #LessonsFromNewZealand ————- Veal is a byproduct of the dairy industry. …

DB Infusion Chocolates is a Marx Foods customer who were gracious enough to send us a 27-piece box of their chocolates to try.  It came in on Tuesday morning and since the holiday season has us all working so hard I invited the entire team to take a break and taste some chocolates.  We cut …

Guests in my office often ask me: Why do you have the far back corner of your office draped off in sheets? Any guesses? It’s a breast pumping station!  Katy recently came back from maternity leave and needs to pump.  The choice was to either carve out a little private space for Katy or let …

It’s that time of year! Not the time you are thinking of … It’s the time of year to clear out of our sample supplies so we can start fresh for next year.  We’ve got some great Dried chilies, Dried ‘shrooms, some vanilla beans for a lucky few and a whole host of random delicious …

What a tough competition. This contest business can be really hard to judge. Case in point, our Fregola Dessert recipe challenge. We have to give a big nod to all of the bloggers, they put up some really delicious recipes. The internal poll for this challenge even resulted in a three-way tie that I had …

It’s an exciting day at the Marx Foods office when somebody sends us samples.  Today is particularly exciting because they’re samples of goodies made with our products! Wild Poppy is a California organic juice company that’s looking to take your Snapple-weary taste buds on exciting culinary journeys they’ve never experienced before.  Their flavors include Plum …

The Virtual Potluck bloggers blew us away with their Thanksgiving-themed recipes from our first recipe adventure together. Remember the deliciousness? Check it out here if you need a refresher. These bloggers threw down the gauntlet in terms of tastiness, so we upped the stakes after the recipes were submitted by surprising the bloggers with one …