From left, Mariel Mattox, Diane Metzger, Mary Ippisch and Resa Briscoe (missing is Cassidy Goins) hand chop fresh ingredients for a batch of organic zucchini relish that Ippisch started making in the 1970s. Her kitchen is in Superior, and she averages about one batch a month between April and October. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
July 25, 2022
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Sweet success: Local woman's relish business thriving
“It all started in the late 70s when we lived in Utah and I was making this little, tiny recipe that went over really well with my family and friends. But I could only make six or seven jars at a time,” all done by hand in her home kitchen, remembers Mary Ippisch, owner and president of Western Montana Specialty Foods, Inc.