PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On any Amish homestead, after labor’s last push and a check for 10 fingers and 10 toes, family members have heard one of two things for centuries. “Sis en Bu” or “Sis en Maedel.” ...
THE BEST WAY TO LANCASTER, PA. From LAX, US Airways and United offer nonstop service to Philadelphia; US Airways, United, Continental, Southwest, Delta, American and AirTran offer connecting service ...
Tucked close to the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland, the borough of Hanover, Pa., population 16,000, is a long way from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. A farming center with an industrial core, prior ...
Once thought to be headed for extinction, they still roam the countryside in Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties in great numbers. Possessing a distinct sound like no other creature, they seemed to ...
At one time in the Lehigh Valley, many people spoke the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. There were sections of the paper devoted to the dialect, and speakers gathered at Versommlings and Grundsau Lodsch ...
If you heave, you leave. That's the rule at the inaugural Eating Contest at this year's Reading Fair, which runs Aug. 7 through Aug. 13. Contestants will eat Berks County's signature foods as fast as ...
Pennsylvania Dutch cooking does not seem to capture the food lover’s imagination the way barbecue, Southern, Cajun/Creole, Pacific Northwest or other American cooking styles do. Ask most people what ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On any Amish homestead, after labor’s last push and a check for 10 fingers and 10 toes, family members have heard one of two things for centuries. “Sis en Bu” or “Sis en Maedel.” ...