I love a good recipe. And what could be more satisfying than a mouth-watering dish with a heartwarming (and sometimes hilarious) descriptive story to go along with it?
I love a good recipe. And what could be more satisfying than a mouth-watering dish with a heartwarming (and sometimes hilarious) descriptive story to go along with it?
I have an all-new look for my website, and we’ve designed it with you in mind! Read more about some of the changes to my site and enter for a chance to be one of TWO winners of both of my soon-to-be-released books, A Season for Tending and Christmas in Apple Ridge!
My new book, A Season for Tending, releases in just one week! Join me as I share a small scene from the story, a delicious recipe for apple dumplings, and a video of Sherry Gore and I discussing the recipe and my new novel.
“Pennsylvania Dutch” and Other Essays
As a writer of Amish fiction and as a woman who has been interested in the Amish lifestyle since childhood, I have accumulated quite a collection of various books related to the Amish. One of my treasures is Phebe Earle Gibbons’ book, “Pennsylvania Dutch” and Other Essays.
What inspires you to have a picnic? Perhaps it’s the warm weather that motivates you to grab a glass of lemonade and a sandwich and head outside. Any meal eaten outside can be done in picnic fashion. As a little Amish girl, I loved to take my lunch and sit on the front steps of the old farmhouse where I grew up.