It is a dreary April morning with no sun in sight. We had a thunderstorm during the night with lots of strong wind and rain.

Cream together brown sugar, lard or butter and eggs. Stir baking soda into sour milk. Sift baking powder, salt and flour together. Add milk and dry ingredients alternately to the creamed mixture. Drop ...

Oct. 1, 2002 (23 years ago), I wrote my first column. I thought it would be interesting to all the new and old readers. My mother penned the Amish Cook column for 11 years. I was a teenager at home ...

Thursday was the wedding of my great-niece Sarah and Samuel in Bryant, Indiana. Sarah is my brother Albert and Sarah Irene’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lovina Eicher's Amish Kitchen logo Daughter Verena turned 26 on Dec. 10. Grandson Timothy (T.J.) will be 5 on Dec. 17, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are already into the fifth month of the year — May! Hopefully May will bring warmer temperatures again. The gardens are really ...

First of all, happy 30th birthday to son-in-law Dustin. His birthday was Oct. 8. Wishing him many more happy, healthy years. Dustin and Loretta live across the road from us, and he has been a great ...

Oh my! Three days left until daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding. Everything is starting to fall into place, but once again, I feel nervous that I might have forgotten something. I’m sure I have, but ...

Daughter Verena turned 26 on Dec. 10. Grandson Timothy (T.J.) will be 5 on Dec. 17, granddaughter Allison will be 4 on Dec. 27, and my husband Joe will be 55 on Dec. 22. Happy birthday to all of them!