As part of its ongoing Cooking for a Cause series of fundraising cooking classes, Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods presented a check for $2,640 to Fredericksburg Academic Boosters, a group that provides mentoring to students in local public schools. Group leader Karen Vanek accepted the check from company President/CEO Case D. Fischer at the Culinary…
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CELEBRATING 50 FLAVORFUL YEARS
Setting up a roadside stand that sold peaches in season and a handful of homemade jams and jellies, then building that business over half a century into a company with 150-plus products sold in all 50 states and several foreign countries seems cause for celebration. On July 6, Case D. Fischer and Mark Wieser of…
NEW PRODUCTS DEBUT AT FANCY FOOD SHOW
Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods chose the Fancy Food Show in New York City to launch its most ambitious collection of new products in years – a dozen exciting new flavors spread over three different company brands. For the company, the annual show is a bit like a lucky penny, since its signature product –…
Culinary Adventure Wine Collection
After several years of development, Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods is launching its first-ever Culinary Adventure Wine Collection, beginning with four increasingly respected Texas wines but with plans to incorporate vintages from Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and France. Working with accomplished Texas vineyards and wineries until it can establish its own in Fredericksburg, the Fischer…
The Great Smudging of 2019
Written by Mark Wieser Dietz Fischer and I were returning from Somerville, Texas, where we had finished attending the spring Peach Growers Conference. News of the ten-day forecast was already out, and everyone was talking about it I had largely dismissed it, believing with much confidence that no weather forecast could possibly be that accurate…
Fischer & Wieser Makes Cooking for a Cause Donation
Fischer & Wieser’s Culinary Adventure Cooking School completed its latest Cooking for a Cause fundraising effort with the donation of $2,375 from a festive dinner class to Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools. Company President/CEO Case D. Fischer made the presentation to representatives of Friends, a group devoted to preserving the legacy of rural schools…
Kids in the Kitchen: Teaching Life Skills to Young Chefs
It has always been a focus at Fischer & Wieser to give back to the community, and as the world gets smaller and our community of customers grows, we have more opportunities to plug in to worthwhile projects where we feel that we can really “move the needle” to help a program and its beneficiaries….
NEW CHEF JOINS CULINARY ADVENTURE SCHOOL
Steve Sommers, a unique culinarian with extensive restaurant and catering experience mixed with an academic passion for English, history and philosophy, is the new executive chef and lead instructor at Fischer & Wieser’s Culinary Adventure Cooking School. Located within historic Das Peach Haus in the German-founded town of Fredericksburg, the school will celebrate its second…
FISCHER & WIESER SUPPORTS KIDS IN THE KITCHEN
Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods has announced its sponsorship of the Association of Junior Leagues International and the group’s multi-city Kids in the Kitchen program facilitating improved nutrition and family cooking. The announcement was made at the AJLI’s annual conference at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis and celebrated at a gala dinner for sustaining members…
FISCHER & WIESER LAUNCHES BENEFIT COOKING PROGRAM
Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods, in conjunction with its Culinary Adventure Cooking School in the Texas Hill Country, is launching a new initiative called Cooking for a Cause that donates 100% of the proceeds to worthy local and regional charities, company President/CEO Case D. Fischer announced. Created to serve the community by supporting the year-round…
Red, White & Peachy
We are honored, humbled and thrilled to have the brand-new issue of Better Homes & Gardens showcase our family’s traditions of food and celebration. Landing on newsstands and in subscribers’ mailboxes this week, the magazine devotes eight pages of dazzling photos and text – plus four additional pages of recipes – to our family’s celebration…
Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods is introducing the Culinary Adventure Tasting Room
In the 1870 log cabin that served as the company’s first retail store, Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods is introducing the Culinary Adventure Tasting Room. The premium wine tasting experience not only celebrates the Hill Country’s growing prominence as a wine destination but pairs solid wine education with no small amount of fun. The Tasting…