By Kevin Williams This recipe comes to us from Adams County, Indiana and is steeped in tradition. The apples combined with the cabbage give the dish a nice end-of-autumn flavor. I’m not a huge Cole slaw fan, but I do like this dinner slaw. I remember tasting this recipe a time or two years […] Read more
By Kevin Williams This is one of these hearty, one-pot meals that are so popular in Mennonite kitchens this time of year. This comes from an old Mennonite cookbook of mine and my parents sampled the recipe the other night. My Italian heritage mom was skeptical of the dish that uses tomato juice and spaghetti […] Read more
By Kevin Williams I thought I was done with apples for awhile but then I remember a few other apple items I wanted to share. First of all, for anyone near Tuolumne, California (east of Modesto), you need check out Cover’s Apple Ranch. This is about as close to Amish in California as you’ll get, this is […] Read more
By Kevin Williams I decided to visit an Amish bakery outside of Kenton, Ohio. I had heard good things about Yoder’s Amish Bakery so I wanted to check it out for myself. Thought it would also make for a nice family day-trip (after endless “are we there yets?” from Aster I began to question that […] Read more
By Kevin Williams The key to this recipe is to use very lean hamburger, which most Amish people have access to from prime, home-butchered steer. So be sure to try to procure the leanest possible meat for this one. These make very juicy burgers and while she has the Parmesan cheese as optional it, to […] Read more
By Kevin Williams This is one of these hearty, hearty all-in-one casseroles that I feel like anyone would enjoy. This recipe came to me from an Amish minister’s wife in Michigan. Her husband loves the casserole. Barbara is one of our recipe testers who tried out this recipe and reported that her husband loved it […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Pot roasts are popular among the Amish. The cut of meat used can vary, but big roasting pans full of meat and potatoes and carrots simmering on a Sunday afternoon is quite common in Amish kitchens. Unless you have access to your own freshly butchered steer the freshness will be tough […] Read more
