Editor's note: Lovina Eicher is recuperating from gall bladder surgery. Her column will return in two weeks. This week and next will be spent answering some reader recipe requests: Dear Lovina: I lost ...

Gloria took the week after Thanksgiving off from writing the column, but she will be back next week. As her editor and a writer myself, I can attest to the rigors of writing a weekly column. She and I ...

Prepare filling: While the crust is baking, beat eggs in a large bowl and mix in white sugar. Beat in pumpkin and evaporated milk. Mix in salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg until well combined.

Place oven rack in lowest position and heat to 450 degrees. To make topping: In a medium bowl combine 1 cup flour, brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut butter into dry ...

The last few days have been rainy. The many, many leaves that have not been picked up are now matted to the wet grass. It will be more of a challenge to use the leaf blower now. Joe started the coal ...

-- "The Amish Cook at Home," by Lovina Eicher and Kevin Williams (hardcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008, 204 pages, $29.99) All closed societies have their myths. A big one in parts of the ...

My kitchen is torn to pieces; everything is a huge mess. Before you get worried, though, I’m having an amazing day! Thanks to the kindness and generosity of those who had never met us, I am getting ...

"Mom, you need to write a column about this!" Julia quipped as she scattered another handful of straw over her grandparents' newly seeded lawn. Daniel's liking for putting in new yards was planted ...

My husband Joe returned to work after being off for a few days with a badly pulled muscle in his back. He has to return to the doctor. Until then he isn't supposed to lift more than 20 pounds, and no ...

Nothing beats the smell of a big pot of Amish beef and noodles that's been braising all day -- and, with just one pot, home ...