Take a good look at your bag of lettuce before tossing it in your cart—you want to start from a place of maximum freshness. If any leaves look wilted or slimy, choose a different bag.

Everyone’s preference is different. This recipe for Pennsylvania Dutch Ham and Noodle Delight has a cheese sauce. It’s an excellent way to use leftover ham and make a dish your family will love. This ...

Many in the U.S. call it Fat Tuesday and celebrate it with pancakes. However, to the Pennsylvania Dutch community, it's called Fastnacht Day, and they eat a very different tasty treat: a dense ...

Fastnachts are a specific type of donut and are known as a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. They are similar to beignets and doughnuts, but are often larger and without a hole in the middle.

The annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration of Fastnacht Day falls on Shrove Tuesday and marks the end of the pre-Lenten season. Lent begins the following day, on Ash Wednesday, and is a period ...