Edna’s Blueberry Cobbler

By Executive Chef John Zehnder, CEC, AAC, HGT Local farmers have to be thrilled! Rain is coming in on a regular basis and our temperatures have been pleasant for most of the summer. I trudged through the muddy fields at the Fred Weiss Family Farm the other day to...

Fresh Squeezed

By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth I was visiting my oldest daughter earlier this year. She’s an MSU grad working for a major hotel in Nashville. Great city, really nice property. She and her boss (a great guy with lots of experience) gave me the...

Shine on Harvest Moon

By Executive Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC Some like summer, but my favorite time of the year is autumn! The hot muggy days of summer are just a memory and the spectacular colors of fall begin to appear almost overnight. September’s full moon – The Harvest...

Why Chicken Dinners?

By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth There is no doubt that the Family Style Chicken Dinners served by Zehnder’s today, were served first, right across the street, by the Fischer family at Fischer’s Hotel now the Bavarian Inn. But why chicken dinners?...