By Kevin Williams So, let’s see which recipes are trending this week….definitely seeing some Christmas themes showing up: FLUFFY GINGERBREAD WITH LEMON SAUCE: Mmmmmm, this one is so good! Click here. BONNIE BUTTER CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR FROSTING: A delicious Christmas cake and that brown sugar frosting is amazing. Click here! MOLASSES COOKIES WITH LEMON […] Read more
By Kevin Williams I have seen “Hello Dollies” in Amish cookbooks since at least the mid-80s. Not sure how they became such a staple. Well, yes,I do know how…the recipe has very basic ingredients, yet still makes a decadent sweet. (As a grammarian, I want to write “Hello, Dolly”, but when the “Hello” modifies a […] Read more
By Kevin Williams (this post contains affiliate links!) SMITH’S AMISH FOOT CREAM: I bought some of this once, but I misread the label. I bought it hoping for relief from my constantly dry and cracked feet (I know, too much information). I was hoping it was a moisturizer. But it’s not, I guess it’s really […] Read more
By Kevin Williams BEST AMISH CASSEROLE: This recipe caught my eye less because of the recipe and more becuase of where it is published this week: Parade Magazine. Ah, Parade. Back in the golden age of newspapers, Parade Magazine had a massive circulation. It was a Sunday magazine insert, especially in smaller newspapers that couldn’t […] Read more
By Kevin Williams I found myself in a quaint area north of Canton, Ohio a few weeks ago. This area is pretty densely populated and fairly removed from the interstate. In trying to figure out why a Kmart has been able to survive here so long when they’ve died out elsewhere, I think it’s probably […] Read more
THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER This week Julia and I would like to share some of her adventures on school projects with her friends, including old-fashioned noodle making at Uncle Vernon’s. As you know, we as a church are homeschooling our 19 children this year. Along with that it was of concern to us […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Time for weekly blogroll, which is definitely throwing out a Christmas theme this week. Let’s get started: OLD-FASHIONED AMISH GINGER COOKIES: Nothing says Christmas like the bite of ginger, these are some good cookies! AMISH GINGERBREAD MEN: Ah, nothing, perhaps nothing, says the holiday more than festively decorated gingerbread men (or, I […] Read more
