On February 2, 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Groundhog Day is perhaps one […]
Month: January 2020
Traditional Paczki
Paczki (PAWNCH-kee or POONCH-kee) are deep-fried pieces of dough shaped into flattened spheres, fried, then filled. They bear a similarity to North American Bismarcks or […]
Peep Bunny Race Cars
In the Coal Region, the store shelves will be stocked full of Peeps, the classic marshmallow candy, in the shape of chicks and bunnies in […]
Bigos (Hunter’s Stew)
A national dish of Poland, bigos is a traditional one-pot meat-and-cabbage stew, often referred to as a “hunter’s stew” and usually made during the winter months or […]
Brown Stone Front Cake
One of the most used, spotted, and worn recipe cards in my collection is in my Mom’s handwriting and it is for “”Brown Stone Front […]
It’s Polka Time
Block parties, fire hall weddings, church picnics, Sunday radio shows…what ties these all together in the Coal Region of Northeast Pennsylvania? Why, the polka of […]