By Kevin Williams Trending recipes this season have been a split-screen between comfort food and spring favorites and this week is more of the same, except spring is showing a bit more muscle now. Here come the strawberries! Check out this week’s trending recipes! STRAWBERRY BREAD: Another homage to strawberry spring! Click here. STRAWBERRY PIE: […] Read more
By Kevin Williams BROKEN ROADS: More about the newly released Ira Wagler book detailed his complicated and poignant relationship with his Amish father. Erik Wesner conducts and interview with Ira that is engaging and intriguing. Read more here. LILAC SUGAR COOKIES: At first blush, these just do not seem very appealing. But if Meemaw […] Read more
By Kevin Williams AMISH TO EMT: Read the inspiring story of a man who was raised Amish, left, and became an EMT. Pretty impressive and an interesting story. I know of an Amish man who is an emergency room nurse. He is a convert to the Amish faith, and the church let him keep his […] Read more
THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER We’re working on organizing closets, cleaning out neglected corners, and getting things in order before the baby comes. I’m enjoying every bit of it. You know organizing is a hobby of mine but there are, unfortunately there are no brag stories of keeping everything that way. Why the other day […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Amish and Mennonite kitchens are full of so many casserole concoctions. Many of them are similar: loaded with ground beef, perhaps noodles, maybe some corn, other veggies…all are meant to give the casserole “heft.” Amish suppers are meant to be heavy-duty affairs to replenish the calories burnt off from a day of […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Okay, time for the trending….we have a mix of recipes, pandemic comfort and seasonal mid-spring recipes showing up and one major head-scratcher. So let’s get to it: AMISH WITCHES: Why the heck is a post about Amish Witches from October of about 5 years ago trending now?? No clue, but it really […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Amish gardens are usually bursting with lettuce, salad-worthy carrots, radishes, onions, and more. In fact, almost the entire Amish garden is a salad in soil. But, you can’t eat these goodies without dressing. Okay, MOST people can’t stomach a salad without dressing. I have an in-law that will NOT eat salad with […] Read more
