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CHUNKY NUTTY DRESSING
Dec 7th 2016

CHUNKY NUTTY DRESSING

If you haven't already noticed, we can be little rogue with our nuts in crafting recipes. We take risks. We throw them in just about every meal we make, and we love to experiment. Our fridge is packed full of walnuts and every chance we get, these ba…

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IT'S HARVEST TIME!!!
Oct 7th 2016

IT'S HARVEST TIME!!!

Fall is a very busy time as we prepare for our annual walnut harvest. We're also getting everything prepared to package and ship out these fresh, delicious beauties to all of our CORKY'S NUTS fans! The month of October is a plentiful one and, at time…

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STORING YOUR WALNUTS
Aug 11th 2016

STORING YOUR WALNUTS

There is a big taste disparity between a fresh walnut and a walnut which has been sitting around for a while (like 1-2 years). For those of you who have been enjoying our fresh organic walnuts, you are quite aware of what we're talking about.Since we…

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NOCINO: A WALNUT LIQUEUR
Jun 16th 2016

NOCINO: A WALNUT LIQUEUR

Most people know about walnuts and how they're used and enjoyed. Throughout the year, we love hearing about how people have been using their stash of CORKY'S NUTS: sprinkled over salads, folded into bread, lightly roasted, drizzled in chocola…

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WALNUTS: HOW THEY GROW
Mar 19th 2016

WALNUTS: HOW THEY GROW

"I didn't even know walnuts grew on trees." We hear this phrase quite often when people ask about our walnuts or see our Instagram account. There are a lot of things we don't know about our food, from how it grows, to where it comes from. Think about…

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CHOCOLATE COVERED WALNUTS
Feb 15th 2016

CHOCOLATE COVERED WALNUTS

Chocolate. It never gets old. Well, it can get old if you leave it out, and then it's more stale than old. Nobody wants stale chocolate (or nuts for that matter). What we want are fresh chocolate covered walnuts! So simple, easy to make, and a heal…

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OATMEAL: HIDDEN BERRY GOODNESS
Feb 5th 2016

OATMEAL: HIDDEN BERRY GOODNESS

We're big fans of oatmeal around here. Steel cut oats are our go-to for almost any batch we make. We're also big fans of keeping things simple. For this recipe, we used frozen organic blueberries, organic steel cut oats, organic coconut milk, organic…

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HOW WE GOT TO NOW
Feb 1st 2016

HOW WE GOT TO NOW

We started selling CORKY'S NUTS directly to the public in the fall of 2015. From the early 80's until now, all of our walnuts went to a wholesale distributor. This can be a really great thing for most walnut farmers since we don't have to worry about…

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