Here is the latest entry from our Chrisholm Summer Recipe series, this amazing “Lazy Daisy Cake” recipe, perfect for the lazy days of summer! I got to sample this cake during the recent Amish bake-off at Chrisholm Amish Farmstead. Man, this cake was delicious, melt-in-your-mouth delicious. I suppose if you don’t like coconut you won’t […] Read more
By Kevin Williams AMISH SOUR CHERRY PIE RECIPE: Regulars here know that I am not a huge cherry fan. I don’t know why. Cherry Coke, to me, tastes like medicine. Why ruin a perfectly good Coke with cherry? And eating cherries? Nope. Why would I want to mess with spitting out cherry pits if I […] Read more
THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER Stay tuned for Amish chocolate coffee smoothies! These Summer days are just prime for salads, from lettuce, tomatoes, and onions to cukes or radishes, they all get chopped up and tossed into a salad. Salads are a big part of our menus these days. At our house we chop […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Here are this week’s trending recipes as shown by Google searches, some summer trends visible, including our first zucchini recipe of the season has shown up, I know we’ll see a lot more of those soon! AMISH BACON TREAT: A delicious, amazing snack. Click here to try. AMISH CHICKEN & RICE: So delicious, […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Anne Jantzen has been a wonderful force in preserving the Amish-Mennonite heritage that is in my backyard here in Butler County, Ohio and she was nice enough to share some recipes with us. The first comes from her cousin Leah (strawberry cake, amazing!). And the next three are from the Cooking with Shirley Cookbook […] Read more
By Kevin Williams A few weeks ago I had the “tough job” of participating in a bake-off at the Chrisholm Amish Farmstead in Ohio. I was joined by Crystal Corbin and Ada Beachy as judges. Ada is a New Order Amish woman from Berlin, Ohio was there because her husband gave a wonderful talk for […] Read more
By Kevin Williams We have some interesting and tasty Amish stories in the news today, so let’s get to it! KUTZTOWN FOLK FESTIVAL: SIGH, maybe I’ll make it next year. Probably not. But one day…this is America’s premiere showcase of all things Pennsylvania Dutch. This year it celebrated its 70th anniversary. Read about this year’s […] Read more
