Get your ribs while they last!

This is our friend Sam McIntosh and his super duper amazing smoker rib cooker wagon.  (He did not ok this wording, but we hope he won’t mind our description.)

The combination of Sam, all the great Pettisville Meats staff and the shiny, incredible BBQ apparatus equals one thing—slobber all over yourself DELICIOUS!

We have tried all summer to pin Sam’s menu and production schedule down so we can share it with you.  But Sam is a creative sort of guy, and when it comes to meat fixin’s, you just can’t pin him down.  All we know is the guy next door to Stella Leona is cooking up some mean ribs and whatever other meats strike his fancy on any particular afternoon. 

Stop by for some lunch take-out or offer to “cook” dinner for the family.  Shoot, you could even eat these for an afternoon snack!  You’ll just have to be a little adventurous ‘cause you never know for sure what will be on the grill, but you can be sure it will include out-of-this-world taste!  The smoker isn’t smokin’ quite every day, so you might want to call Pettisville Meats at 419-445-0921 to make sure it’s a take-out kind of day.

Of course, an even better idea is to pick up a mess of Sam’s ribs, some potato salad or their famous cole slaw and then stop by Stella Leona for some dessert to go with it all.  Taking home dinner AND chocolates could get you some serious points at home!

Here comes Peter Cottontail!

Hoppin’ down the bunny trail…….well, not exactly.  Let’s just say Peter had an extreme makeover!!  Easter is quickly approaching and that means it’s time for lots of hand painting at Stella Leona.  I thought you might enjoy seeing how some of these beautiful chocolates are created.  Our most impressive painted chocolate is definitely our Easter Bunny Centerpiece. 

 

He stands approximately 20 inches high and contains over 2 pounds of creamy milk chocolate.  This is an Easter dinner centerpiece like no other! 

Each bunny is meticulously hand painted and no two are exactly alike.  It takes an entire day to make just one.

We can’t share all our secrets about how we make these, but it is an understatement to say that there are many steps and the process is very labor intensive.  If we make any mistakes or attempt to rush the process in any way, the bunny will come out of the mold with chips or streaks in the color and be unusable.  Ultimately if we did everything right, he hops right out of the mold like something from The Gingerbread Man, looking brilliant and bright!

If you’d like to share our Easter Bunny Centerpiece at your Easter dinner, be sure to reserve yours now.  Due to the time involved in creating each of these, we only make enough to fill orders placed, but we’d love to make one for you!  It is truly a joy to create special gifts that show friends and family how much they are appreciated and valued. 

Be sure to stop in our shop or at Pettisville Meats next door to sign up to win one of these centerpieces.  One winner will be drawn on April 2nd and notified by email to pick up their centerpiece on Saturday, April 3rd.

Milk Chocolate Bacon Bark

It's here!!!  Our much anticipated Milk Chocolate Bacon Bark has arrived!  Our retail shop is located right next to the famous Pettisville Meats store.  We love those guys and their savory meat creations!  Our Bacon Bark was born out of a marriage of our rich milk chocolate and their mouth watering bacon crumbles.

You can only get it at Stella Leona--a delicious handmade treat that is locally produced and a tribute to our rural northwest Ohio roots.  A 4 oz. bag is only $6.75 – order online here!