Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

Pennsylvania German Traditions at the Allentown Farmers Market

"Despite its tradition the Allentown Farmers Market is not a museum piece. It offers a wide variety of edibles to suit a number of tastes from Polish to Italian to Vietnamese. And there is still plenty of pork and sauerkraut available from Amish, Mennonite and other vendors to reaffirm the market’s Pennsylvania German roots."

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Pennsylvania German Yuengling: "America's Oldest Brewery"

"Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is actually one of the most German places in the United States. Campaign posters show the names Staudinger and Hess, and if you need a doctor in this small town you can go and see Dr Altmuller. Yuengling beer, the area's biggest employer, could hardly be more German."

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100-Year-Old Berks County Farmer: James Reinhart

"Reinhart is of an easily recognizable type: Pennsylvania-German thrifty, hardworking, self-sufficient. never wanting to owe anyone anything."

"'They worked to live,' Bitler said of the Reinharts. 'What they grew, they lived off of. They sold eggs, beef, grain; used mules early on; cut and raked hay by hand. Never got stuff from the government; no subsidies.'"

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Amish Opening Bed and Breakfasts in Lancaster County

"Riehl, whose guesthouse has two bedrooms and a kitchen, advertises Beacon Hollow Farm through the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau. The business is also listed on a website, afarmstay.com."

"'They come from all over the world,' he said. 'The other night, we had a couple from Italy. We have had some from the Middle East; almost from every country in southeastern Asia.'"

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Scrapple in the "L. A. Times"

"Settlers who came to Pennsylvania from Germany's lower Rhineland brought with them this method of using scraps of meat. They turn them into a flavorful sausage and extend it with buckwheat or cornmeal."

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Pennsylvania Dutch Baloney in Lebanon, PA

"Located along Weavertown Road in North Lebanon Township, the plant was originally built in 1893 by Daniel Weaver, who began making Weaver's Lebanon Bologna in 1885."

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Los Angeles Times Writer Travels to Lancaster County.

"I scrambled out of bed at dawn's first light, dashed to the barn to milk a cow, stopped by the chicken coop to collect fresh-from-the-hen eggs, then doubled back to the farmhouse for breakfast. Six of us gathered around the table at Verdant View Farm B&B, prefacing our early morning meal with the cheerful strains of the Johnny Appleseed Song."

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Scrapple and Sausage Workshop at the Mennonite Heritage Center

The Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville hosted a scrapple and sausage workshop on Saturday, led by Paul Longacre and Jim King.

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The Washington Post Explores Ephrata

"About 17,000 visitors come to Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster County each year. This is Pennsylvania Dutch country, where black-hatted Amish men drive buggies down Main Street past churches with roots deeper than the U.S. Constitution."

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Wall Street Journal: Maine vs. PA Amish Whoopie Pie Food Fight

"Here in Lancaster County, everyone has heard pretty much the same story, which may just be a rural legend: Amish mothers plopped leftover chocolate-cake batter into the oven, filled the result with icing and the whoopie was born. The practical pies were easily transportable for farmers in the field and children at school."

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