No crust, no problem. This Pennsylvania Dutch version has been passed down for generations, and the homemade noodles change ...

Huck’t eich bei! ‘Sis blends doi!” This means Sit down! There is plenty here! And there certainly was plenty of food, Pennsylvania Dutch culture, language and music inside Polk Township Volunteer ...

Once thought to be headed for extinction, they still roam the countryside in Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties in great numbers. Possessing a distinct sound like no other creature, they seemed to ...

At one time in the Lehigh Valley, many people spoke the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. There were sections of the paper devoted to the dialect, and speakers gathered at Versommlings and Grundsau Lodsch ...

The Amish population in North America nearly doubles every 20 years, according to a 2023 study by Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. This suggests the number of ...

If you heave, you leave. That's the rule at the inaugural Eating Contest at this year's Reading Fair, which runs Aug. 7 through Aug. 13. Contestants will eat Berks County's signature foods as fast as ...

The Parade of Spirits, or "der Geischderschtrutz" as it's known in Pennsylvania Dutch, is returning this year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to reduce the festivities last year. The ...

The ham loaf’s paired with porcini mustard. The chowchow’s served with rabbit croquettes. And the rhubarb’s flavoring the molasses on a berry-topped angel food cake. Pennsylvania Dutch food will ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On any Amish homestead, after labor’s last push and a check for 10 fingers and 10 toes, family members have heard one of two things for centuries. “Sis en Bu” or “Sis en Maedel.” ...