My memories of my Nana in the kitchen often revolve around the foods she cooked that my parents, Pappy, and I favored, like chow chow […]
Sweet Things
Kolaches
Kolaches (koh-LAH-chees) are Czech yeast dough pastries traditionally topped with a dollop of prune, apricot, poppy seed, or cheese filling. In appearance, they resemble a […]
Mini Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
For those not familiar with this Coalcracker/PA Dutch treat, a whoopie pie is made with two soft cake-like cookies with a fluffy filling sandwiched in […]
Apie Cake (aka AP, Apea, Apee, Apies, or Apeas Cake)
Apie cake (and it’s various spellings) is a Pennsylvania thing; more specifically, a Pennsylvania Dutch thing — even more specifically, a mid- and south-eastern Pennsylvania […]
Lemon Crumb Pie
I am a fan of anything lemon-flavored. I have a confession to make; my best friend and I devoured a lemon sponge pie ourselves one […]
Fruit Cocktail Bars
My Pop was a wily, practiced thief — a food thief, that is. He was particularly adept at pillaging and plundering, unnoticed, ingredients awaiting use […]