Before we get into the subject of Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, we need to mention that the "Dutch" part of the name is actually a misnomer. Most of the immigrants who settled in and around ...

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 ...

Experience 300 years of haunted history from the Red Rose City's thorny past! Ghost Tour - Stratsburg. Hidden deep in ...

What started in 1950 as three folklorists inviting outsiders to see what Pennsylvania Dutch living was all about blossomed ...

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 ...