Amish Food

Enjoy A Meal In A New York Amish Home (+7 Recipes)

Enjoy A Meal In A New York Amish Home (+7 Recipes)

Would you like to eat a home-cooked meal in an Amish home? If you don’t yet have Amish friends who’ll feed you, you can always track down a home business providing meals for the public. Last year we heard about two such places, in Lancaster County and NE Indiana. Today, a look at another, in upstate New York. Beverly Kehe-Rowland writes about her friend Cindy…

The Essential Amish Cookbook: Your Question Suggestions For Lovina

The Essential Amish Cookbook: Your Question Suggestions For Lovina

Lovina Eicher is an Amish mother of eight and author of the Lovina’s Amish Kitchen column (and formerly the Amish Cook column). I’m working on a Q-and-A for Lovina about her latest cookbook, The Essential Amish Cookbook, to publish here on the site. Do you have anything that I should ask Lovina? If so, share those questions in the comments below. I’ll choose some of…

Mary Yoder’s Amish Kitchen (Middlefied, OH)

Mary Yoder’s Amish Kitchen (Middlefied, OH)

For being the fourth-largest Amish settlement, the community in Geauga County, Ohio, often seems to go overlooked. That is probably because of its nearness to Holmes County, a popular tourist destination. But this is a large settlement approaching 20,000 Amish in size, so it gets some tourist visitors, and therefore has some attractions, like food. Mary Yoder’s Amish Kitchen, located in Middlefield in the center…

What is Amish Funeral Pie?

Atlas Obscura gives us a brief background of this dish, served by Amish in Pennsylvania at funerals: Death and raisins share one essential feature: neither belongs to any one season. Eighteenth-century Amish and old-order Mennonites of Pennsylvania were no strangers to the harsh realities of sudden loss, but amidst tragedy, raisins were there. The preserved grapes were a pantry staple—shelf-stable and ready-to-eat throughout the year….

Yoder’s In Pinecraft Makes 8,000 Thanksgiving Pies

Yoder’s In Pinecraft Makes 8,000 Thanksgiving Pies

Yoder’s is a well-known Amish-style restaurant in the Pinecraft Amish community of Sarasota, Florida. I had a chance to sample several of their fine pies in a visit several years back (peanut butter chocolate, coconut, and the key lime). You can see that and many other photos of the Pinecraft community here. Yoder’s pies are yummy – guests from far away spots like Atlanta and Michigan…

This Amish Family Will Feed You, Too

This Amish Family Will Feed You, Too

We recently heard about an Amish family serving home dinners in northeastern Indiana. But what about Lancaster County, the most popular Amish tourism destination? The Lititz Record Express looks at one such dining business, to be run on the farm of Samuel and Ruth Lapp: The farm home has a walk-in basement with a large kitchen, dining area, and handicap accessible restroom facilities. With the help of daughters Elizabeth,…

This Amish Family Will Serve You Dinner

This Amish Family Will Serve You Dinner

I often get questions from readers wanting to have a “deeper experience” when they visit the Amish – something more than a buggy ride or buying canned goods at a roadside stand. For instance, there are a few Amish lodging places though they are not common. There are also families who will host you in their homes for a meal. Often you need to set this up in advance, come…

A Closer Look At 3 Lancaster County Mass Eateries

If you’ve ever been to one of the all-you-can-eat buffets that dot the Lancaster County tourist landscape, you know it’s hard to leave hungry. “Smorgasbord” feels like the perfect word here. A recent article at eater.com takes us inside three Lancaster smorgasbords: Bird-In-Hand Family Restaurant, Miller’s, and the big daddy of them all, Shady Maple, which seats up to 1,200 people and boasts over 100,000 square feet…

Dandelion Greens In Amish Cuisine

Dandelion Greens In Amish Cuisine

I had a dandelion salad the other day. It was crisp and tasty, with a slightly bitter undertone which I didn’t mind. It was probably the freshest thing I ate all day. It left me feeling healthy. Most people consider dandelions nuisance plants. But for others, they are a treat to be harvested and used in various dishes, and even made into beverages. And that group includes…

Which is the best Amish baked good?

Which is the best Amish baked good?

Yesterday, Don Burke left a comment on the “5 Favorite Amish Foods” post that comes close to capturing my own feelings: “you’re looking at a guy that thinks that Amish baked goods should be it’s own food-group — the foundational (and largest) group of the food pyramid.” Well-said, Don, well-said 🙂 Which of course gets me thinking on Monday morning (the logical time to think cookies and cake,…