2009-11-18 08:31:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
PINEAPPLE MUSTARD DIP
This dip with a tropical twist was created by The Kling House Restaurant located within Kitchen Kettle Village.
1 10-ounce (½ pint ) jar pineapple jam (see note)
½......
2009-11-18 08:31:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
Move over ketchup, mustard has taken over as one of the more popular condiments and has the varieties to prove it.Ranging from sweet to hot, from coarse to creamy, mustards are dressing up everything from appetizers to main courses today.Mustards with a flavor and robust texture (an......
2009-11-18 06:29:00
CAROLE DECK
As the holidays approach, the Northeastern Lancaster County Food Bank is counting on the generosity of donors to help feed the hungry.Along with food, the local food bank has had a real need for more space and easier access for clients and volunteers."Our prayers were answered ......
2009-11-18 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Black Jack Taco, the latest delicacy on the cheapo "79-89-99 Why Pay More!" menu at America's top Mexican-style drive-thru joint, Taco Bell, with 5,600 restaurants coast to coast, top and bottom.Usually I understand what the brainiacs in rese......
2009-11-18 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,Could you cut the fat in this? Can I use dried cherries instead of the cranberries? — Gloria Paradis, Sarasota, Fla.WALNUT AND BLUE CHEESE TART WITH CRANBERRIES CRUST:
1 cup flour
2/3 cup ground walnuts...
2009-11-15 00:04:00
ANNE KOENIG, Living Editor
Age: 59
Residence: Manheim Township
Profession: Taught for eight years in Manheim Township School District. For the past 14 years, I have been owner and president of Reading Rentals. Nancy Marshall-Vokorokos belie......
2009-11-12 15:54:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Hey, it's that time of the year, when you've still got enough time to shop and actually enjoy yourself before the holiday rush hits.And three different arts and crafts shows in Lancaster County give you the chance to do just that.The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen's Hol......
2009-11-12 00:01:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
As a busy grocery store president, Joe Darrenkamp could have been doing lots of other things on a rainy and raw Wednesday morning.Same for Keith Eshleman, an owner of John Herr's Village Market in Millersville, whose voice is heard frequently announcing in-store specials to shoppers....
2009-11-11 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
Dear Recipe Doctor: I would love to make a very lean steak at home with a mushroom sauce. I had something similar at a restaurant. I'm trying to switch to leaner cuts of beef and am looking for new recipes to try.Have I got a recipe for you! This savory main entrée was i......
2009-11-11 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Double Cheese Cheesesteak from Quiznos, which will satisfy the cheese junkie in us, but rile 'em up pretty good in Philadelphia — where this ain't no cheesesteak and, yes, they got a problem wit' dat.Just because a sandwich has cheese and steak, that......
2009-11-08 00:04:00
MANDY STOLTZFUS, Sunday Best
Every fall my family loves to eat these moist and delicious pumpkin bars. It is an old family recipe that is simple to make using canned pumpkin. These are great after dinner, with coffee or even for a special breakfast treat. I enjoy sharing them because people like these treats wherever I ......
2009-11-08 00:02:00
MARCI WATTERSON
Thanksgiving marks a time of sharing our lives and table with loved ones and friends. Many are giving thanks for what they have; others might be struggling to just get by. Maybe you are planning to cook the turkey for your household with the intention of having leftovers. What a perfect time......
2009-11-06 22:36:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Giant Food Stores has expanded a recall of ground beef recently sold in its stores and produced by a New York supplier.The company is urging its customers to check their freezers for certain products sold at its stores that had sell-by dates of Sept. 19 to Oct. 5. Previously, only certain ......
2009-11-06 21:30:00
JOSEPH MALDONADO
People have a variety of reasons for going into business for themselves. For Dennis and Paz Valenzuela, the reason was their son, Steven Valenzuela.Over the years, Steven, 31, has had some health issues that make it difficult for him to work independently."By starting this busi......
2009-11-04 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Western Burger, one of five new "Better Burgers" from Denny's that are "too good to eat on the run" … meaning too hoity-toity to pass through a drive-thru window to the downtrodden masses.Denny's has totally upgraded its ......
2009-11-04 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Legumes include all beans and peas, including peanuts. When you combine any legume with any grain, you have a complete and usable plant protein — gluten-free. Good examples of this are combining rice and beans, gluten-free pasta and beans and peanut butter on gluten-free bread. This is a di......
2009-11-03 00:02:00
CINDY STAUFFER
If you're making meatloaf, chili or any other meal with ground beef for dinner this week, better pay attention.Shoppers at Giant grocery stores and BJ's Wholesale Club here, and at other grocery stores along the East Coast, are being asked to check their freezers for ground beef th......
2009-11-01 00:06:00
JEANNETTE SCOTT
Age: 28
Residence: Paradise Township
Occupation: Photographer, homemaker The biggest fans of Valerie Englerth's baking are the students of the youth group she helps lead — Twentyfourseven Youth, at Freed......
2009-10-28 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
Dear Recipe Doctor: I would like to make this recipe for chocolate cookie-cutter cookies that I saw on the Martha Stewart Web site. How would you make them more healthful?I like the idea of chocolate cookie-cutter dough (for a change), and I really like the idea of using cocoa powd......
2009-10-28 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Mega XL Pizza, delivered in a really cool, specially designed pizza box celebrating the DVD release of the mega-extra-large movie hit "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Duck! The Autobots are under attack!Here's the blueprint: a 16-inch-d......
2009-10-25 00:04:00
LINA BIERKER, No Reservations
Since my last article, I've had Chinese food on the mind. Another place that seems to receive quite a few accolades is Hong Kong Garden. So I gathered up a girlfriend and we headed out. I ordered items similar to what I ordered at the last restaurant, for comparison, then rounded out the vic......
2009-10-25 00:02:00
MARCI WATTERSON
Halloween, a time for indulging in our creative talents. Fall decorations abound in the neighborhoods, signaling Halloween is imminent. With the seasonal change, many of us surprise the family with a creepy main meal close to All Hallows Eve. Maybe you were asked to dig up somethin......
2009-10-25 00:02:00
CHIP SMEDLEY, Sunday Best
To paraphrase an old high school cheer: I say "cabbage"; you say "yuck." "Cabbage." "Yuck." "Cabbage." "Yuck." Now that we have that out of our system, the bottom line is that cabbage often gets a bad rap. True, it doesn't smell so great, particularly if you boil the heck out of it......
2009-10-21 07:21:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
Where, oh where have the humble sardines gone?To the deep end of the ocean?Shoved to the side by tuna, that chicken of the sea?Since the last part of the 20th century, many Americans have turned up their noses at tins of sardines, the seafood version of Spam.And face i......
2009-10-21 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Buffalo chicken sandwich at America's largest lightning-fast food chain, Subway, with 22,762 restaurants — practically on every corner — coast to coast. Silly rabbit, you thought McDonald's was No. 1?It's a little odd that it took S......
2009-10-21 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
This vichyssoise is an easy-to-make variation of the popular French soup, which is really a recycled version of leek-and-potato soup. The leftover soup is blended with heavy cream, given a new name and served cold. This recipe is made with potatoes and onions rather than leeks, and derives its cr......
2009-10-19 00:00:00
STAFF
Summaries of local news stories from the pages of the Intelligencer Journal and Lancaster New Era appear in this space each Monday. They are researched and compiled by staff member Tim Buckwalter. Full versions are available on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St....
2009-10-18 00:04:00
MICHAEL C. UPTON
For years, inventive cooks have been trying to marry food with drink. The expansion of the micro- and craft-brew market has opened the eyes — and taste buds — of the thirsty and hungry. Sure, foodies have been using beer as a recipe ingredient for some time. But the days of ......
2009-10-18 00:02:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Age: 70-plus
Profession: Semiretired machine shop foreman and truck driver
Town: Ephrata (Clay Township) Richard Schutter remembers the time he baked a cake with less-than-happy results. "While it......
2009-10-14 00:02:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Bakers might have to search a little harder for pumpkin-pie filling during the Thanksgiving season, due to a national shortage of the canned stuff.Blame it on 2008, which had lousy growing conditions for pumpkins and led to a smaller crop of the sturdy, oblong, light-orange variety commonl......
2009-10-14 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
Dear Recipe Doctor, I saw this recipe for Boudin Bakery Brownies in the LA Times and really want to make a healthier version at home and I need the recipe to make a smaller amount (the original recipe makes a 9-inch-by-13-inch pan). Can you help? I wouldn't trust this recipe to anyone but the......
2009-10-14 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a dish of NFL Stuffed French Toast, part of the new "IHOP's Gone Totally NFL" menu of football-inspired breakfasts at America's No. 1 flapjack flipper, IHOP, with 1,421 restaurants coast to coast.This is the first time that the NFL has been in ......
2009-10-11 00:02:00
LINA BIERKER, No Reservations
For two years now, I have read that the best Chinese, as elected by Lancaster Newspapers' Readers Choice voters, is Tony Wang's. I'll admit I didn't want to visit a Chinese restaurant that sat along a tourist strip. That, in conjunction with the fact that Lancaster is not known for its vast China......
2009-10-11 00:02:00
MELISSA JULIUS, Sunday Best
Leaves are falling from the trees, football is on the television and the smell of bacon is in the air — it must be fall! This super-easy dish allows you to direct your attention to the games, yet the explosion of flavor belies its ease of preparation. If preparing the dish for guests, ......
2009-10-10 00:03:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Some local seasonal flu vaccination clinics have been canceled or postponed because of a shortage of the vaccine.The shortage was caused primarily by a switch in production at drug companies from seasonal flu vaccines to swine flu vaccines, officials said.Giant Food Stores has cance......
2009-10-07 07:44:00
DAINA SAVAGE
Sure, we know it's time to bake bread when neighbors "gift" us with extra zucchini. But when a friend's pear tree offered a bumper crop, we had to figure out what to do with bushels upon bushels of ripe pears.Of course there's juicy fresh eating, paired with light che......
2009-10-07 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Italian Sausage and Peppers sandwich from America's No. 2 pizza twirler, Domino's, with 8,773 restaurants across the U.S. and around the world.The Italian Sausage and Peppers sandwich is one of four new Oven Baked Sandwiches. The others are Buffalo......
2009-10-07 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,This is a recipe that was used at a preschool. It is very flavorful and feeds a lot of people. I would like to make it less fattening; there's too much oil, sugar, etc. Can you help? Thanks! — Laura, San DiegoPUMPKIN SQUARES
2 cups......
2009-10-06 10:12:00
BRIAN WALLACE
For Neyda Santiago, the Power Packs Project is "a blessing."The mother of four, whose husband is unemployed, works for the state. Because of the budget impasse in Harrisburg, she hasn't received a full paycheck in months.So when Santiago learned she could receive free ......
2009-10-04 00:02:00
ANNE KOENIG, Living Editor
Age: 46
Town: Bowmansville
Profession: Co-owner of Gage Designs, fine silver art jewelry Christopher Gage loves to cook, specifically for others. "Nothing pleases me more than spending hours in the kitchen prepa......
2009-09-30 08:21:00
As the nation focuses on the health care reform debate, other issues affecting the care we receive and the medicines we take can't be ignored.Case in point: A shocking admission by the Food and Drug Administration that four New Jersey lawmakers and the agency's own former commissio......
2009-09-30 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: I love your column. Can you give me any ideas for the Shepherd's Pie at The Cheesecake Factory, how to make it less fattening and low in carbs? Thank you for any help you may be able to give me.I modeled this Light Shepherd's Pie recipe after the Cheesec......
2009-09-30 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a slice (OK, four slices) of Pizza Hut's new (whether it's "and improved" is up to you) Stuffed Crust Pizza — the first fiddling the Hut's done with Pan Pizza since its debut in 1980.And what did Pizza Hut do? What it always does. It ......
2009-09-27 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
She's one of the best-known cookbook authors in the county. And her latest work celebrates one of the area's most beloved landmarks. "Fresh From Central Market Cookbook: Favorite Recipes from the Standholders of the Nation's Oldest Farmers Market, Central Market in Lancaster......
2009-09-27 00:02:00
ANNE KOENIG, Sunday Best
As a tribute to son Steve, who will be 28 on the 28th, I am sharing a recipe for one of his favorite Mom-made dishes ... which isn't nearly as satisfying as actually preparing the casserole for him. But Steve lives in California. (And that makes me sad. But I'll spare you the details of my empty-......
2009-09-23 00:04:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
Sports teams aren't the only ones who prepare for football season — so do loyal fans.Prepping the grill, planning the menu, delegating who is bringing what, buying team-related merchandise and, most importantly, securing tickets for the game can be exhausting.It takes more......
2009-09-23 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a McArabia grilled chicken sandwich at McDonald's in the food court at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, where you can go snow skiing, indoors, even when it's 120 degrees outdoors.My body went from 120 degrees outside to 72 degrees inside the mall to 26......
2009-09-23 00:00:00
JEANNE JONES
These savory, open-face burgers are a truly tasty entree for a casual lunch or dinner party. They also are sure to bring rave reviews and recipe requests from all of your happy guests.I usually make the burgers in the morning and leave them, tightly covered, in the refrigerator all day, or......
2009-09-20 00:02:00
JEANNETTE SCOTT
Age: 28
Town: Gordonville
Occupation: Homemaker and part-time guest services employee at The Family Center of Gap Erica Allain often sings and dances in her kitchen as she cooks for her family: husband, Bryan; daught......
2009-09-17 07:34:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
As a steady throng of people form a jagged line, Jim Belcher slathers peanut butter on bread, determined to serve a meal with a message.Every Monday, he and fellow members of the year-old chapter of Food Not Bombs, a loose-knit international volunteer and donation-funded organization, offe......
2009-09-17 00:01:00
ROXANNE TODD
Traffic in and out of Quarryville was bumper-to-bumper Wednesday evening despite a light rain that did little to spoil the mood of those going to the 60th annual Southern Lancaster County Community Fair.The bottom line for those who return each year is the good food and the camaraderie....
2009-09-16 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Oreo Cookie Jar Blizzard at America's roadside dessert cart, Dairy Queen, with 4,550 shops north to south and ocean to ocean … except in Vermont. Hey, I'm all for quaint and unspoiled tree-lined country highways, too. But some nights, if I don'......
2009-09-16 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: My friend's dad makes these flavorful cheeseburgers, and I want to make them myself, but I think he uses onion soup mix, barbecue sauce, melted butter and breadcrumbs with the ground beef. Can you help?It doesn't make sense to buy a nice, lean ground sir......
2009-09-13 00:09:00
JON RUTTER
David Blume has written a bestseller on how to make moonshine for fuel. Thomas H. Greco Jr. argues persuasively for junking the dominant monetary system. Samuel Yoder helped start a festival to teach people about earth-friendly ways to coexist, eat and get around. These guys are th......
2009-09-13 00:02:00
JON RUTTER, Sunday Best
"Hunger is the best sauce in the world," Cervantes said. Or maybe it was Julia Child. Anyway, keep that in mind if you try this one. I mean, I like the dish and everything. Which is good, because it's my staple. What's more, the stuff is nourishing. It's ridiculously easy to make......
2009-09-09 08:28:00
CHAD UMBLE
Ten Thousand Villages opened a store last week at Rockvale Outlets. The retailer has taken over a 2,573-square-foot space next to Dress Barn that formerly was occupied by Royal Doulton. The new store opened Thursday.Akron-based Ten Thousand Villages sells gifts, jewelry and home déc......
2009-09-09 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,I have made this with all the butter and oil, and with less, but it comes out a bit gummy without the fat. Can you revise this to make it more like real risotto but without the fat? — Catherine Scott, Colorado Springs, Colo.MICROWAVE RISOTTO
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2009-09-09 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week, I reached out for a new Mini Melt wrapped chicken sandwich, part of the expanded and switched up Ultimate Value Menu at America's No. 1 feather duster, KFC, with 5,200 restaurants coast to coast.KFC is widening its cheapskate menu just in time for the start of school, when the f......
2009-09-06 00:02:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Age: 77; known to grandchildren as 16
Profession: Retired registered nurse, also retired from antique dealing and appraising
Residence: Manheim TownshipThe first thing Marion Butz tried to cook was "a chocolate c......
2009-09-02 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for an Angry Tendercrisp Chicken Sandwich, fast food and furious, from the No. 2 burger flipper, Burger King, with 11,550 restaurants everywhere in tarnation. If it takes two hands to handle a Whopper, you'll need to make two trips to hold on to an Angry Tendercri......
2009-09-02 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: I've been wanting to try making cupcakes in ice cream cones using a cake mix and wondered if this still works with lighter cake batters? Is there a way to make these even lower in calories?It absolutely works! Since Labor Day is the next national holiday, I ......
2009-08-30 00:04:00
MARCI WATTERSON
Home, cyber, private, public ... the type of school you choose to attend has the same basic elements — as learning environments. Combining a strong foundation, a structured setting, information and a growing landscape of eager minds, a good education will produce a powerful future....
2009-08-30 00:02:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER, Sunday Best
My friend Jud Spangler, who used to live here but now lives in West Chester, has always been a great cook, even in his bachelor days. Because he and his wife, Eva, live only an hour from Lancaster, a trip to the Spangler kitchen is still an easy culinary getaway. Jud and Eva both cook, and I......
2009-08-29 08:11:00
ERIKA GLASS, 15, Freestyle
It seems to happen a bit more often in the lazy days of summertime, those lucky moments when somebody says, "Hey, you know what would be the perfect ending to a perfect day? Let's head to … "Everybody fills in that blank with something different. Some might be deeply c......
2009-08-26 06:37:00
CHAD UMBLE
Depot Deli opened last week at 498 W. High Street in Elizabethtown. The 50-seat café near the train station takes the place of the Fractured Prune, which moved to Lancaster city.The menu at Depot Deli includes homemade soups as well as salads, paninis, deli sandwiches and hand-cut F......
2009-08-26 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,This is a recipe that I make quite often because it's delicious, but I wonder if you could do your thing and make it delicious and better for me. Thanks for whatever you can do! — K. Baker, Scottsdale, Ariz.BLUEBERRY COFFEECAKE
&fr......
2009-08-26 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Deluxe Angus Third Pounder burger, new and not cheap, from the world's No. 1 burgermeister — McDonald's, with 32,000 restaurants in 100 countries. That's a lot of burgers.The Angus Third Pounder is McDonald's first new burger since the Bi......
2009-08-23 00:04:00
ROBERT LLOYD, Los Angeles Times
It's a funny thing about food, which does its job only when it's in your mouth, that we derive so much pleasure from watching it on television. "That looks good," we say. But we don't really know. We could be wrong. Of course, there is more to most shows about food than th......
2009-08-23 00:02:00
ANNE KOENIG, Living Editor
Age: 41
Town: Mount Joy
Profession: Communications specialist for The Jay Group
Food and family are "hopelessly entwined," noted Barbara Rockwell, "and I've tried to convey that to my children.&......
2009-08-19 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for an oozy, gooey, gloppy Chocolate Lava Crunch Cake, new from the world's No. 2 pizza purveyor, Domino's, with 8,773 restaurants in all 50 states and around this crazy blue marble.You may have seen something like the Chocolate Lava Crunch Cake on menus in ......
2009-08-19 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: I found a Paula Deen's recipe for crab cakes and I would like to try them, but I don't want to make them as rich as the original recipe. I have loved what you have done with Paula's recipes before; will you take this one on?Crab Cakes are one of my f......
2009-08-16 00:04:00
MICHAEL C. UPTON
"Where I go, I hope there's rum!"
— Jimmy Buffett, Volcano
It is the spirit of pirate legend, immortalized in the subculture of Jimmy Buffett; it's the liquid essence of the Caribbean — and of today, Aug. 16.; Nation......
2009-08-16 00:02:00
JO-ANN GREENE, Books Editor
When it comes to dessert, I'm not a big fan of Death by Chocolate. I prefer something light, fruity and somewhat less lethal. Any confection I tackle must also look pretty and be easy to prepare. I found just the thing recently in a new cookbook I checked out of the Lancaster Public Library....
2009-08-12 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week, I reached out for a Fill-Up Box at America's No. 1 chicken shack, KFC, with more than 5,000 restaurants coast to coast, plus another 10,000 joints spread across the globe.At $5, the Fill-Up Box won't empty your wallet, and it shows that KFC isn't chicken — I me......
2009-08-12 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,This recipe is good, and easy to make. Can you improve it? —Karen, Piqua, OhioMEXICAN BEAN AND RICE SALAD
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup rice
1 (15-ounce) can black beans
1 (15-......
2009-08-11 08:34:00
BERNARD HARRIS
On a steamy Monday afternoon, children played in the fountain in Lancaster city's Binns Park.Downtown office workers came out to walk around, and people sat in the shade and ate their lunches.And, as they do every Monday at lunchtime, Food Not Bombs members hung their banner on ......
2009-08-09 00:04:00
JEANNETTE SCOTT
Age: 12
Residence: Manheim Township
Occupation: Student
If Kyle Pettoni, a rising seventh-grader at Manheim Township Middle School, had his own cooking show, he might call it "Ice-skating Chef." Kyl......
2009-08-09 00:02:00
MARCI WATTERSON
Ah, the beach ... relaxing by the shore with toes buried in the warm sand and sunglasses slowly sliding down the bridge of the nose, only to expose half-opened eyes in a dreamlike daze. Yes, this is the time and place to indulge in a whimsical state of mind. Children might be off hunting t......
2009-08-05 09:13:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
Signature cocktails have become a way for business owners to attract consumers and "brand" a drink that might reflect the message of their business goals or the feel of the establishment.Fig of Lancaster, a local advertising publication, recently debuted its Fig cocktail at a lau......
2009-08-05 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a short stack of Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes, one of three new Hawaiian Pancakes down at IHOP.Many Americans aren't taking their usual elaborate vacation this summer. You may have heard something about a stinko economy. So they're staying close to hom......
2009-08-05 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: My husband, who needs to eat heart-healthy, has been asking me to make corn fritters. … I was hoping you had a light recipe?Even though I'm from a region of the country where you can go an entire year without ever hearing "corn fritter," bel......
2009-08-05 00:01:00
CHAD UMBLE
Frank's Place opened July 25 at 454 New Holland Ave., next to the Lancaster Science Factory.The roughly 50-seat sandwich shop features subs and steaks as well salads, Stromboli, pizza and wraps. Frank Maounis owns the restaurant with his wife, Laurel, and Nancy Doskocin.The shop......
2009-08-04 10:18:00
DAN RORABAUGH
It's 7:30 on a weekday morning, and about 20 people wait along Route 741 just outside New Danville.Finally, he comes.Clair Brenneman, now approaching 80 years old, rides his tractor pulling a wagon loaded with fresh sweet corn. He circles the small gravel parking lot as the cust......
2009-08-02 00:02:00
PAULA WOLF, Sunday Best
I admit to serious bias here, but my mother's deviled eggs are definitely the best I've ever eaten. So with picnic season in full swing, it's the perfect time to share her recipe for this summertime staple. In my opinion, the ingredient that makes these eggs stand out is the horseradish, w......
2009-08-01 00:01:00
JANE HOLAHAN
I've just discovered that there are two gem channels in my TV package.No, I'm not talking about great channels, like, wow, that Fox Reality channel is a real gem.They are two networks devoted to selling gems. Not handbags, clothing and gems. Just gems.They are Gems an......
2009-07-30 10:23:00
TOM MURSE
Tammy Landis was laid off from her job recently. So when her husband, a state Department of Transportation worker for 16 years, lost part of his paycheck due to the state budget stalemate, they had to take action."It's rough because he's the only one working. It's just not......
2009-07-29 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for an Italian Bullet, one of the new line of $3 Bullets at Quiznos, the upscale submarine chain that's low-balling the competition with smaller sandwiches and smaller prices, but still packing that "Mmmm … Toasty" taste. There's just fewer bites o......
2009-07-29 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: One of my favorite summer side dishes is fried green tomatoes. Is there a way to make these so they aren't so high in fat and calories?We can make "crispy on the outside and moist on the inside" fried green tomatoes by pan-frying them in a nonstick......
2009-07-26 00:02:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Age: 37
Town: Lancaster
Profession: Bartender, Lancaster Dispensing Company Tom Taylor's skills in the kitchen have a truly close to home connection. "If you were as fortunate as I was growing up, pay atte......
2009-07-23 19:26:00
DAINA SAVAGE
Clarification — In the article below posted on Lancaster Online on Wednesday, the hours of Gelato Di Babbo and the Euro Café were not included. The business, at 635 S. Broad St., Lititz, is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday......
2009-07-23 08:40:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Saheeb Abdus-Sabur was working with teens at his Dig It! Project farm when he wanted to share with them the fruits of their labor.He picked a cantaloupe, put a knife in it and invited the teens to take a slice of melon."I'm not going to eat that. You just got it out of the ......
2009-07-23 00:12:00
TOM MURSE
A former truck driver who caused a 2007 wreck that killed a mother and her daughter on Oregon Pike in Manheim Township expressed remorse in court Wednesday."I just wish it was me that got killed in an accident, not them," said Thomas A. Lamonda, 52, of New York, who was convicted......
2009-07-22 08:01:00
DAINA SAVAGE
Gelato and sorbetto can be made at home. Although an Italian gelato machine is essential to create an authentic consistency, Kimberly Zanni, who created the Gelato Di Babbo line of gelato, said it's possible to experiment with an ice cream freezer.She offers a traditional Italian flavo......
2009-07-22 06:01:00
CHAD UMBLE
Green Man Cafe, which highlights environmental consciousness, opened July 13 at the southwest corner of Prince and Orange streets.The roughly 30-seat restaurant at 106 W. Orange St. is open for breakfast and lunch. Its breakfast menu includes gourmet coffee, baked goods, omelets and breakf......
2009-07-22 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for an order of Stuffed Pizza Rolls, part of the new cheapskate Big Eat Tiny Price menu at the world's No. 1 pepperoni pusher, Pizza Hut, with 10,000 restaurants coast to coast, across the oceans and from pole to pole.The Big Eat Tiny Price deal is for people wi......
2009-07-22 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Dear Jeanne,This recipe was in our local paper; I made it as written, and it was wonderful. I try to alter my own recipes, but this one has me stumped. I tried to replace half of the oil with applesauce, but it messed up the flavor. I also put it in a 9-by-13-inch pan, which allows me to u......
2009-07-19 00:06:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Editor's note: "On Your Plate" is an occasional series designed to sate the local appetite for newsworthy tidbits that relate to the local food-service industry.
"Welcome to Sherwood, my lady!" Erroll Flynn once said when he played the das......
2009-07-19 00:02:00
JEANNETTE SCOTT, Sunday Best
It's always a challenge to find a flavorful, healthy dish that doesn't involve salad or tofu. So when a former co-worker steered me toward this salmon dish from Bon Appétit magazine, I was eager to try it. I was sure my husband and I would enjoy the fish. I was equally certain my tw......
2009-07-15 06:01:00
CHAD UMBLE
Sushi One, a Japanese restaurant, opened July 1 at 1961 Fruitville Pike. The 2,000-square-foot restaurant in Foxshire Plaza has seating for about 20 in a dining room and at a small sushi bar.Sushi One's menu features nearly 60 types of sushi rolls, plus appetizers, soups and salads, as......
2009-07-15 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: I had a delightful dessert at a restaurant and they won't give me the recipe. Could you work up a light version? It had brownie on the bottom, then Kahlua cheesecake filling with a chocolate ganache type topping.I pulled a few different Recipe Doctor recipes......
2009-07-15 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a Baja Fish Taco, the hot new nosh at America's biggest daily catch, Long John Silver's, with 1,600 restaurants from sea to shining seafood.I love when fast-food joints create a whole new buzz just by fiddling around with stuff they already have in the c......
2009-07-12 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
It's the holiday when a nation celebrates the dawn of its independence, when parades fill city streets, when families gather for picnics and fireworks light up the nighttime sky. The Fourth of July? Yes ... and, no. America's birthday was eight days ago. We're talking another r......
2009-07-12 00:02:00
ANNE KOENIG, Living Editor
Age: "60+"
Town: Lancaster
Profession: Red Rose Transit Authority bus driver Josephine K. "Jo" Pugliese was one of two sisters and seven brothers, and she remembers her mother doing a LOT of cooking.......
2009-07-11 10:03:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Mary Matos made empanadillas for her four children Thursday, and corn or green beans.Matos used pork, olives, potatoes and spices inside her empanadillas, a Puerto Rican specialty, in which the filling is placed on a circle of dough, folded in half and pan-fried in hot oil.Her kids ......
2009-07-08 10:02:00
CIVIA KATZ
Mount Joy Partners and Janus School successfully petitioned Mount Joy Borough for approval to develop a 50,000-square-foot Giant supermarket that includes a fuel station.The decision by a 5-3 vote of council was observed by a standing-room-only crowd of about 40 people opposed to the rezon......
2009-07-08 00:01:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for Sweet & Spicy Asian Boneless Wings at American's No. 3 burger chain — but chicken is what they do best — Wendy's.Wendy's plain old chicken nuggets are one of the top bargain buys in Fast Food Land. They're made with all white meat......
2009-07-08 00:01:00
JEANNE JONES
Chess Pie is a dessert that's characteristic of Southern cuisine. Recipes vary but are generally similar in that they call for the preparation of a single crust and a filling composed of eggs, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. This recipe is gluten-free.What sets Chess......
2009-07-07 10:05:00
BERNARD HARRIS
A group of about six girls come to the Boys and Girls Club each weekday when it opens at 1 p.m.Soon after arriving, they begin asking Yvonne "Miss Nicky" Anderson about dinner.Anderson, program director of the Jack Walker Clubhouse, always puts them at a table in the front......
2009-07-05 00:02:00
BARBARA HOUGH RODA, Sunday Best
I'd like to pretend my fanciest recipes are the ones that get top reviews. But why waste precious time? This simple Mandarin Orange Mold is a family favorite, particularly well-suited for summer and Thanksgiving because of its color. But for my darling nephew JJ Palomarez, the "Orange Jell-O," ......
2009-07-04 10:02:00
JANET KELLEY
It ranks right up there with baseball and apple pie.On this most American of holidays, the humble hot dog is suddenly elevated to celebrity status as true patriotic fare.In fact, July was declared National Hot Dog Month in 1957 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of baseball sea......
2009-07-03 09:31:00
TIM MEKEEL
Three years ago, when the economy was healthy, Berean Christian Stores was hungry for growth.Its appetite for acquisitions prompted the Cincinnati-based retailer to buy 11 stores, including Provident Bookstores locations here and elsewhere.But now that the economy has taken a turn f......
2009-07-02 10:01:00
TIM MEKEEL
Continuing its aggressive growth strategy here, Giant Food Stores will start expanding its Lancaster Shopping Center store early next year.The project, which will double the size of the store, is part of a $12 million overhaul of the Manheim Township strip center.Giant expects the e......
2009-07-01 00:02:00
KEN HOFFMAN
This week I reached out for a new Fiery Hawaiian pizza, the latest addition to Domino's upscale, innovative line of American Legends specialty pizzas. It's like a beachside luau with fire twirlers, hula dancers, flowered shirts and grass skirts, except round, and with provolone cheese. An......
2009-07-01 00:01:00
ELAINE MAGEE
DEAR RECIPE DOCTOR: I tasted a mudslide cookie at a local bakery and thought I had died and gone to heaven. Have you ever lightened this type of cookie? If so, I would love to have the Recipe Doctor version in time for summer and then fall and the holidays. You get the picture. I need this recipe......
2009-07-01 00:01:00
CHAD UMBLE
Kyma Seafood Grill opened Tuesday in Denver, marking the transformation of the former Silk City Diner into a sleek, new seafood restaurant.Owners Nick and George Barakos closed the Silk City Diner in January for major renovations. The brothers tore down most of the former diner at 1640 N. ......
2009-06-28 00:04:00
JEANNETTE SCOTT
Age: 19
Towns: Manheim and Philadelphia
Occupation: Student
Shaina Kulp just finished her freshman year at the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, where she majors in pharmacy. The former Elizabethtown ......
2009-06-28 00:02:00
MARCI WATTERSON
Our U.S. holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence is next Saturday, and I believe the Founding Fathers would be proud of how strong and adaptive we can be during difficult times. Although, independence comes in many forms, the taste it leaves is unforgettable; a......
2009-06-27 00:01:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER
Brief drizzle Friday afternoon served as the perfect remedy to the day's humid weather, creating a comfortable atmosphere for the city's 11th Celebrate Lancaster! festival.The party started with food vendors opening along North Queen Street at 11:30 a.m., selling hot dogs, french f......
2009-06-25 00:53:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER
Celebrate Lancaster is back for its 11th year, returning to Binns Park on Friday with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra to kick off the Independence Day holiday week.The celebration, sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Special Events and Fulton Bank, begins at 11:30 a.m. with numerous fo......
2009-06-24 11:09:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
A bustling shopping and dining corridor on Mount Joy's eastern edge might soon get even busier. Giant Food Stores is planning to build a 50,000-square-foot supermarket just north of and connecting to the Main Street Shopping Center, along Route 230. The new Giant would be built just......
2009-06-24 10:19:00
E. MARTIN HULSE
Not sure if you heard, but a convention center opened the other day. There might have been something in the news. You may have seen it in person, if you actually brave the mean streets of Lancaster City. It's the building that's taller than downtown's former grande dame, the Griest Bu......
2009-06-24 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for a Vanilla Soft Serve cone at Baskin-Robbins, the world's biggest ice-cream chain, with 6,000 stores across America and around this crazy blue marble.Let's make sure we're on the same page. It's called "Soft Serve" — not "Soft......
2009-06-24 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
The secret to making these savory salmon burgers is to chop the salmon by hand. Using a food processor will ruin the texture of the burger. I promise that you will get rave reviews from your family and friends whenever you serve these unique patties.I have used fresh dill in this recipe be......
2009-06-21 00:02:00
MANDY STOLTZFU, Sunday Best
This pasta salad comes from my Aunt Judy and is enjoyed by my family at every get-together. It's perfect this time of year for barbecues, lunches and cookouts of every type. This makes a large amount, plenty to enjoy on the picnic table or porch with your friends and family on warm sum......
2009-06-20 00:52:00
DIANA MARTIN
Chad Fisher squatted on the hillside, held up his iPhone and recorded his nephew, Roman Thomas, 11, as he strained to gain a few extra feet in the pedal tractor pull."You have to get a good start and keep pedaling hard," Roman said after the event.The two helped illustrate......
2009-06-18 09:28:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Call it comfort food. People wowed by the interior of the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square that lies just behind the familiar Watt & Shand facade may take some comfort in a few menu items of the hotel restaurant, the Penn Square Grille. Amid the "Eastern Shore cioppino" and ......
2009-06-17 17:07:00
GREG CALDWELL
Correction — The price of Yia Yia's Poppy Seed Salad Dressing at Stauffers of Kissel Hill locations is $6.75. An incorrect price was reported in the article below, posted on LancasterOnline Tuesday. Also, it was Sue Myers' daughter-i......
2009-06-17 11:37:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
Restaurateur Sam Allen spends a lot of time indoors. But when he has a few hours off, he often winds up outside, along the Susquehanna River. Allen, who co-owns Bube's Brewery, Mount Joy, takes full advantage of the vast recreational playground that runs right through our backyard &mda......
2009-06-17 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for a redesigned, bigger'n before Cinnapie dessert pizza from America's No. 3 pizza twirler, Papa John's — the "Better ingredients, better pizza" people, with 2,600 restaurants coast to coast.This ain't pizza, though. It's round, ......
2009-06-17 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
This easy-to-make recipe can be made in advance and used in a variety of ways. For a salad, I like to toss it with shredded cabbage and scallions for an Asian slaw or with shredded or finely chopped lettuce for a savory salad with diced tomatoes or fresh fruit. I also like to use it as a sauce on......
2009-06-16 22:53:00
TOM KNAPP
A developer eyeing a new shopping center at Route 283 and Hershey Road wants Mount Joy Township to dedicate its traffic impact fees for construction of a new connector road.The plan for Elizabethtown Crossings calls for 70,000 square feet of retail space on about 20 acres in the southeast ......
2009-06-16 17:48:00
Lovina Eicher
Today, daughter Elizabeth celebrated her 15th birthday. It doesn't seem possible that Elizabeth, our eldest child, is 15 already. Joe and I have a hard time seeing our children grow older. All we can do is hope and pray that life will be kind to them and that, most of all, they will always be......
2009-06-16 00:01:00
"Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1256) to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products."After 45 years of tryin......
2009-06-14 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Age: 35
Profession: Program director for Leadership Lancaster
Town: Lancaster city
Susanne Hershey- Babec wants food-lovers to know that vegan does not mean dull "Ultimately, I am inspired to cook a wide......
2009-06-14 00:02:00
MARCI WATTERSON
Father's Day, June 21, might give you a chance to honor Dad, who brings home the bacon ... which is then gobbled up. Yes, dear old Dad, this meal is on us. The diner might experience déjà vu when served this dish that seems to reincarnate those hand-stitched wallets you o......
2009-06-12 11:23:00
TIM MEKEEL
Wilbur Chocolate in Lititz shut down this week after "foreign material" was found in its products at the plant, said Wilbur owner Cargill Inc. Although a Cargill spokeswoman declined to identify the contamination, a union leader and other sources said the material was glass. C......
2009-06-10 18:19:00
LINDA ESPENSHADE
Refugees who have come from around the world to make their home in Lancaster County will celebrate World Refugee Day with public performances of ethnic dances and music, preparation of traditional food and crafts from their home countries.The free public event will be held at Eastern Marke......
2009-06-10 05:00:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
When it comes to soft-shell crabs, the sweet, briny flavor is as much inside the shell as it is in the shell. Unlike the hard-shell crab, the soft-shell is a crustacean seafood that can be eaten entirely whole — if cooked shortly after the molting of the hard shell, which happens ......
2009-06-10 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
This gluten-free recipe is for a quick and easy pasta dish. The sauce can be prepared in about the same amount of time that it takes the water to boil for the pasta, or it can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to two days.The spicy ginger flavor instantly excites ......
2009-06-10 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for a big, honking Brownie Batter Blizzard, one of the all-time favorite Blizzards at America's roadside dessert cart, Dairy Queen, with 5,600 restaurants coast to coast — but mostly about five miles ahead in a small town.The Brownie Batter Blizzard is the......
2009-06-09 17:56:00
JIM ROMANOFF, Associated Press
A takeout pizza is an incredible convenience, but by the time you add tip and extra toppings it can take out a chunk of cash.For those nights when you want the convenience of takeout but the affordability of homemade, the best bet is to doctor up a frozen cheese and tomato pizza. This lets......
2009-06-09 12:18:00
TIM MEKEEL
Jeff Mearig has a word of advice for anyone thinking of opening a plain old gas station. Don't. "If we were relying on gas sales alone, we'd be out of business. There isn't enough of a markup to stay open," said Mearig, an owner of Brunnerville Garage. And many s......
2009-06-07 00:02:00
CHIP SMEDLEY, Sunday Best
Grilling time is here. We're big fans of fish on the coals and this is one of our favorites. It's simple, quick and quite tasty. It's actually two variations on an old theme: grilled, glazed salmon. One of the variations — using spirits as the main liquid in the glaze —......
2009-06-05 01:53:00
PATRICK BURNS
The wait is almost over for local hot dog lovers who have longed for that special gastrolicious dog joint.Joe Spinella and Wes White next Thursday will open Hot Diggity Dog, a Chicago-style hot dog restaurant, just over the Lancaster city line at 1325 Fruitville Pike in Manheim Township....
2009-06-04 00:58:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER
It's time for the annual Country Gourmet Gala and Music Festival, but this year the fundraiser is packing more punch.Now in its fifth year, the festival, sponsored by Historical Society of Salisbury Township, will feature several new food vendors while offering entertainment for all ag......
2009-06-03 17:34:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Correction — The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities is scheduled to be held in the new Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott Hotel June 24 through June 26. Between 300 and 400 people, i......
2009-06-03 05:00:00
CATHY MOLITORIS
For summer dining, nothing beats grilling. It's quick, it's easy and — with the right marinade, rub or sauce — it's delicious. To take your steak (or chicken, fish or pork) from bland and boring to tempting and tasty, follow these tips from the experts.
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2009-06-03 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
Dear Jeanne,We enjoy your healthy-eating column. The recipe I am sending is terrific, but due to health problems, my diet is restricted. I am hoping you will be able to revise these yummy Congo Squares for me and my husband. Thank you! — Ann Marie James, FloridaCONGO S......
2009-06-03 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for a Volcano Double Beef Burrito, hot off the new Volcano Menu at America's No. 1 Mexican-style drive-thru, Taco Bell, with 5,600 restaurants across the land.The Volcano Menu isn't exactly in full eruption yet: So far, it boasts only the Volcano Taco, a ret......
2009-06-02 18:19:00
Lovina Eicher
It is hard to believe that the month of June is already upon us. Where did the last five months go? A sure sign of summer: School doors have closed for another term. Daughter Elizabeth, 14, has now completed her school years and daughter Lovina, 5, will begin hers this fall. There will be six chi......
2009-06-02 18:11:00
STAFF REPORT
From sweet corn and pick-your-own strawberries to baked goods and hearty flowers, consumers can find the best Pennsylvania has to offer with the 2009 Consumer's Guide to Pennsylvania Farm Markets."Pennsylvania is home to more than 1,200 farm markets where consumers can buy fresh, ......
2009-05-31 00:02:00
ANNE KOENIG, Living Editor
Age: 58
Profession: Cleaning service owner and Cookie Lee Jewelry consultant
Town of residence: Lancaster
Fay Berdiner loves to entertain. "Whether it's Game Night or just a casual get-together with famil......
2009-05-30 01:26:00
LORI VAN INGEN
Two hundred and fifty people took a tour of Mexico, Peru, Italy, France, Japan, Greece, Colombia and the Dominican Republic — and they didn't even have to get on an airplane.They were able to make their visit right here in Lancaster city, by sampling ethnic cuisine in the "T......
2009-05-28 19:59:00
LINDA ESPENSHADE
Count them: Seven, eight, nine worms.Third-grader Davion Abrante holds the mass of wiggling worms in his hand.He watches over his classmates' shoulders as they dig holes, planting green beans, lettuce and pumpkin plants outside Buchanan Elementary School — snatching up the......
2009-05-28 13:03:00
LAURA KNOWLES
From aged artisan cheeses to crusty whole grain breads, exotic Ethiopian foods to melt-in-your-mouth chocolate macaroons, Lancaster's Eastern Market has a range of locally grown and prepared products. That includes free-range chicken, grass-fed beef and brown eggs from free-roaming chick......
2009-05-27 05:00:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
Mike White could stand the heat just fine. But he still got out of the (restaurant) kitchen. As executive chef at Carr's Restaurant, White routinely worked 12-hour days. Sometimes he got a reprieve on Sundays, when he worked for 10-hour stretches. White didn't mind the lo......
2009-05-27 00:39:00
MICHAEL YODER
Despite or perhaps because of the slow economy, the annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive drew a record 225,000 pounds of donations from Lancaster County this year.•••Leave it to a depressed economy to get some people to show t......
2009-05-27 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
Dear Jeanne,I love flan and crème brûlée too much, but not the calories and cholesterol! Could you please lighten this? I look for your column every week, and I use your recipes! Keep up the good work! — Edna Mae Schlegel, Carlsbad, Calif.VANILLA CR......
2009-05-27 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for a new Frosty-cino drink at America's No. 3 (we fry harder) burger chain, Wendy's.I'll bottom-line it for you right here: A Frosty-cino is a coffee milkshake. That fanciful "cino" at the end will cost you about a buck. Is this for here or to......
2009-05-24 00:02:00
MICHAEL LONG, Sunday Best
Think of spaghetti pie as spaghetti aspiring to be lasagna. By any measure, this is not a sexy dish. The recipes I once flaunted to impress beautiful young women now languish in the folds of my favorite cookbook. This dish is meant, instead, to please the far more discerning palates of finic......
2009-05-20 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
Dear Jeanne,This is a favorite with my family. Can you reduce the fat? Thanks! — Rebecca H., Flint, Mich.CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM-CHEESE FILLING
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
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2009-05-20 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for an Egg White Turkey Sausage Flatbread Breakfast Sandwich — whew, that's a mouthful — from the dominating doughnut dunker, Dunkin' Donuts, with 7,800 restaurants coast to coast and around the world.Dunkin' Donuts is the U.S.'s leader i......
2009-05-19 17:54:00
ASSOCIATED PRESS
For great grilled vegetables that are tender inside and crispy and smoky outside, moderate heat is key. Go too high and the outside will burn while the insides remain unpleasantly crunchy.GRILLED EGGPLANT AND RED PEPPER WITH MINT-CUMIN DRESSING
1 medium eggpla......
2009-05-19 17:53:00
Lovina Eicher
As I sit here at the dining room table, I can smell the fragrance of the lilac bouquet that my sister Emma bought me yesterday. I miss my lilac bushes very much since we had to cut them down while building the new house a few years ago. I'd like to get more started, but it will be a few years......
2009-05-17 00:11:00
JON RUTTER
In the 1950s there was the Red scare. Now there's the green scare. It's circulating in the form of Internet alerts claiming that Congress, prodded by agribusiness and biotechnology companies, is about to outlaw organic farming and backyard gardening. It's sowing fear in......
2009-05-17 00:04:00
JEANNETTE SCOTT
Age: 35
Town: Maytown
Profession: Bartender at Lancaster Dispensing Company This dish is a comfort food from Fryth Genetti's hometown, Ramsgate, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is enjoyed there in the s......
2009-05-17 00:02:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
"Tried and true" is a pretty reliable guarantee something is good. In the case of Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, that something is a collection of great recipes, passed down and shared by members of the Ephrata congregation in their new cookbook, "Trinity's Tried and......
2009-05-15 14:32:00
JOSEPH MALDONADO
Just before Bruno Caretti and Giuseppe Carannante acquired their first Italian restaurant in Lititz back in the 1990s, the men sat outside in the parking lot trying to think of a name. "Most of the names we came up with ended up sounding silly or like names you migh......
2009-05-13 05:00:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
Just two weeks after Dennis Michaels Jr. landed his first job washing dishes in a restaurant kitchen, a line cook abruptly quit. Michaels stepped up to fill the spot. He was just 13 at the time. "I was taught by fire," he says. "Ever since that, (cooking) is my love, my pass......
2009-05-13 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
I have had so many requests for this old coffee cake recipe of mine that I have decided to run it again. Coffee cakes can be made with yeast, with baking powder or baking soda, or with a combination of both. The ones made without yeast take much less time and, in my opinion, are just as delicious......
2009-05-13 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for an Italian Sausage Marinara BreadBowl, one of five new, completely edible dishes from America's No. 2 pizza twirler, Domino's, with 8,773 restaurants in all 50 states.If you squint your eyes, this BreadBowl looks like a big, fat small pizza — with ......
2009-05-10 00:10:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
A mother of a toddler has enough to worry about: bumps and bruises, sneezes and sniffles, baby gates and cupboard locks. For Cathy DeVinney, add to that the hidden dangers of her son's food allergy. Luke, 20 months, could be felled by something as innocuous as a glass of milk or a cheese- f......
2009-05-10 00:04:00
STAFF
Food allergies can hide where you least expect them. Below are some tips found on The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network Web site, http://foodallergy.org/alle.... Information on eggs, fish, shellfish,......
2009-05-10 00:02:00
MELISSA JULIUS, Sunday Best
By using an item considered a "throw-away," and everyday staples such as potatoes, onion and flour, my Grandma Sebolka spread the family food budget (as lots of great moms do) to feed seven children. Grandma Sebolka's thriftiness lead away from traditional potato pancakes cooked in oil to pancakes c...
2009-05-09 00:01:00
Summer is just around the corner and that means swimsuit weather. And, if you are like most of us, that person staring back at you in the mirror isn't as fit as you remember from last summer.So you decide to cut down on what you eat. But a study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of......
2009-05-06 05:00:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
Jordan Stepanchick isn't shy about sharing the "secret" behind his prize-winning pancakes. "Eggos," he says. The frozen favorites — warmed and topped with bananas, strawberries and blueberries — propelled Jordan and Ben Kramer to victory in Hempfield......
2009-05-06 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for some Kentucky Grilled Chicken — KFC's latest attempt at giving customers a nonfried, less-fatty alternative to KFC's iconic Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken.In the past, KFC has made various tries, with rotisserie chicken, roasted chi......
2009-05-06 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
Dear Jeanne,Every spring, I love to eat as many berries as I can, then in the summer I like to eat all the peaches I can, and I use them in recipes like this. Can I make it with less butter without ruining it? Hope you can help. — Bianca M., CincinnatiFRUIT COBBLER...
2009-05-05 18:29:00
Lovina Eicher
Our horses had a nice treat when my husband Joe opened our gate to let them back into the pasture field. It looks like they are enjoying the green grass after a winter of eating hay. With warmer weather here we will also start the extra summer job of mowing grass now. Joe still needs to put fresh......
2009-05-05 00:01:00
In the wake of federal judge Edward Korman's ruling that the Food and Drug Administration allow women as young as 17 to buy Plan B — the "morning after" pill — critics have called the ruling politically motivated.That's an interesting twist, because it was the......
2009-05-03 00:04:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Age: 57
Profession: Owner, Movies Galore [a video rental, sales and gift store in Strasburg]
Town of residence: Strasburg
Marcia Johnson isn't afraid to take chances in the kitchen — or learn from mistak......
2009-05-03 00:02:00
MARCI WATTERSON
Yes, as mothers, you are required to wear many different hats: caretaker, nurse, teacher, coach, referee, chauffeur, chef ... the list seems endless. WOW! Well, come to think of it, "WOW" is just "MOM" turned upside-down, and fitting I might add. Whether prepping a......
2009-05-01 01:13:00
DAVE PIDGEON
Developers of the $174 million hotel/convention center in Penn Square are losing revenue each time they postpone its opening, but how much revenue remains uncertain.More than a dozen planners for events scheduled for the convention center either found alternative sites or postponed when de......
2009-04-30 00:48:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Local politicians and medical professionals are not high on a proposal coming out of Harrisburg.State Rep. Mark Cohen, a Democrat representing Philadelphia County, has introduced a bill that would permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes."As time goes on, citizens and g......
2009-04-29 05:00:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
Timm Wenger was 19 when he got his first real taste of the world outside Lancaster County. Wenger grew up on a dairy farm near Manheim, raised on a diet of good ol' meat and potatoes. Before he went to college, he'd never even had Chinese takeout. Now Wenger and his wife Kr......
2009-04-29 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for a pint of Chocolate Chocolate Chip ice cream from Graeter's, the four-generation, family-owned ice-cream maker in Cincinnati.I'm not going to make you wait — this is the single most delicious thing I've ever tasted. Halfway through my pint, I w......
2009-04-29 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
This dessert is a bit of a twist on an American classic, the banana split. I am so pleased with the positive comments I have had from guests about this whimsical dish that I have decided to make it into a column. Not only is it delicious and truly unusual, but it is also easy to prepare at home....
2009-04-26 00:02:00
ANNE KOENIG, Sunday Best
Before you scrunch your nose and bypass this vegetarian dish with a dismissive "EWWW," consider opening yourself up to trying something different, healthy and — here's the thing — tasty! A "quick, easy and deliciously fake meatloaf" recipe is how my meat-shunning daughter Valerie de......
2009-04-24 00:27:00
DAVE PIDGEON
Runners and spectators for Saturday's Race Against Racism should pack sunscreen instead of layers this year.AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Edwards is predicting a balmy day with temperatures reaching the mid-80s for the 11th annual race, festival and parade in downtown Lancaster, spon......
2009-04-22 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week I reached out for a new Midnight Truffle Blizzard — maybe the most chocolatey Blizzard ever concocted by the mad geniuses in product development at America's roadside dessert cart, Dairy Queen, with 5,600 restaurants coast to coast.I'm a chocolate person. I am desig......
2009-04-22 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
This is one of my favorite spring and summer salads. I usually serve it over shredded cabbage. Last week I served it for a luncheon and added fresh bean sprouts to the cabbage and liked it even better. In fact, all of my guests asked me for the recipe. For a heartier dish, serve it over rice or n......
2009-04-21 20:51:00
Lovina Eicher
It is once again the time of year that rhubarb will begin finding its way into all kinds of different dishes. My rhubarb looks big enough to make a few things already. I always enjoy seeing the rhubarb peep out of the ground and seeing the leaves begin to uncurl. This is a sure sign that warm wea......
2009-04-19 00:02:00
ANNE KOENIG, Living Editor
Age: 51
Town: Ephrata
Profession: Pastor of Grace Evangelical Congregational Church, Akron Loads of peppers and triple spices: They are integral to one Cool chili. "I love to eat," noted Leslie Cool. &quo......
2009-04-17 01:14:00
BRIAN WALLACE
Every year, thousands of parents of School District of Lancaster students must fill out an income eligibility form to qualify their children for free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches.Many parents forget to return the forms by the Oct. 1 deadline. Others don't bother to apply bec......
2009-04-16 05:00:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
Sometimes Kate Maloney lies awake late at night, wondering what will happen when the unemployment checks run out. But she never worries about putting food on the table. Come summer, Maloney, her husband — who is currently unemployed — and four friends will have a steady supp......
2009-04-15 11:20:00
CHAD UMBLE
Ciro's Italian Bistro expects to open in the next couple of weeks at Richmond Square while Giant to Go, a new convenience store, began doing business today at the commercial/residental development at Fruitville Pike and Route 722. Brothers and restaurant owners Tony and Angelo Ciro descr......
2009-04-15 05:00:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
The recession hasn't dampened people's appetites for dining out. Drive past many local restaurants, and you'll still see packed parking lots, especially on weekends. But more value-oriented diners are keeping a close eye on their tabs. "They're looking for more......
2009-04-15 00:01:00
Ken Hoffman
This week, I ordered an Italian Toasty Torpedo, one of the new Tasty Torpedoes from America's "mm'mm toasty" sandwich shop, Quiznos, with 4,500 restaurants across the country and looping the Earth.These are the new 13-inchers that Quiznos is pushing with a suggestive ad c......
2009-04-15 00:01:00
Jeanne Jones
Dear Jeanne,I hope you can reduce the fat and calories in this — it is a favorite and very quick to make. Thank you! — Olivia P., SeattleENCHILADA CASSEROLE
1 pound ground beef
½ bell pepper, chopped...
2009-04-14 18:04:00
LINDA ESPENSHADE
Perfect meat every time — fork-split tender, flavor intense, moist and nutrient-rich.What's not to love about sous vide?Sous vide?Not as glamorous as the French name sounds, sous vide (sounds like sue veed) is simply a style of cooking that involves "poaching f......
