With March roaring in like a snowy lion over the weekend, it became apparent that winter isn't slinking away q

  Cornbread and the Amish are not two words that one often bunches together in the same sentence.  But if yo

We had just finished touring the Salemville Blue Cheese facility in rural Wisconsin when we walked into the sm

The Amish Cook has written in the column on a couple of occasions recently about making "Swiss roll bars."  

I've been writing about my recent visit to the Wheat Ridge Amish community in Adams County, Ohio.  One of

 Someday the snow and the cold will cease and spring will one day make it's march in the midwestern Unite

This recipe comes to us from our Amish Cook Baking Book. You know, I used to think that a good cookie had to h

This recipe comes to us from the Amish community outside of Sinking Spring, Ohio.  This is a small settlement

Adding a chocolate twist to anything makes it better:)  Well, maybe not anything....I'm still not sure about

The Berne, Indiana area Amish settlement is a repository of food memories for me:  rivel soup, vinegar pie, b

Cold winter mornings are especially tasty times for homemade coffeecakes.  Add a splash of summer to your cof

Cold winter days call for heartier food fare.  Amish kitchens percolate to life with hearty, thick soups

Christmas morning is a wonderful time to enjoy a hearty, filling breakfast casserole.  Trendy casseroles come

 I'm sure many of you are in the midst of a baking blitz this time of year.  So I thought I'd share

Marshmallows are a sweet,festive food for all seasons, whether they be roasted over a summer campfire or enjoy

Rebecca Shields from Maryland recently shared with me that a dinner roll recipe from the Amish Cook archives h

Slate Magazine has an article in this week's issue about the upward pressure on pecan prices due to internatio

Pumpkin pies will be found on supper tables throughout the country this week as the big Thanksgiving meal arri

Macaroni salad comes in many forms.  There's limp, macaronis swimming around in a runny sauce.  There's firm

Pumpkin pie is a mainstay on Thanksgiving tables this month, but sometimes it is fun to offer an alternate pie

Nothing says Amish baking more than homemade sugar cookies: soft, warm rounds soaked in sugar.  It doesn't ge

This bread could be called BAP bread, standing for Banana-Apple-Pecan.  This is a fun variation to add zing t

Snickerdoodles are one of those tried and true Amish classics that are enjoyed year round.  Among the non-Ami

Got some leftover Halloween M & Ms to unload?  Monster cookies are a great way to get rid of them. If you

We are heading into molasses season in the South.  Many Amish families in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississipp

Pineapple is not a fruit that has much culinary history with the Amish so you don't find this fruit in many r

With many Amish families consisting of 8, 9, 10 or more people,celebrating birthdays is often a once a month o

Before I launch into this recipe, I will say that camping is a favorite past-time in some Amish settlements. Â