Lovina shares a glimpse into Amish life, from spring's arrival and family night to a baptismal service and a hamburger vegetable soup recipe.

Lovina Eicher shares her favorite Christmas cookie recipe, a delicious and easy-to-make sour cream cutout cookie. In addition to the sour cream cutout cookies, Eicher shares various recipes for ...

It is a foggy Monday morning but the sun is peeking through. It looks like it will be another nice sunny day. We have been having spring-like days with temperatures ...

This column has to be out earlier than usual so with having written a column just a few days ago I decided to do some ...

Yes, laughs Eicher, member of the Old Order Amish and "Amish Cook" columnist, whose weekly column in The Times foodFare section is a reader favorite. Though the Amish eschew modern conveniences, some ...

The Eicher family held a grilled chicken fundraiser to benefit Elizabeth and Tim, who had to vacate their mold-infested home. Lovina canned 22 quarts of vegetable juice with her sister Verena. Sister ...

Editor's note: This column was written by Lovina Eicher's 12-year-old daughter Elizabeth. On Feb. 1, we spent our first night over in our new house. It was very exciting to wake up and get dressed for ...

It’s a cool April evening with a temperature of 53 degrees. The wind makes it feel colder than that though. I washed clothes and they dried on the lines. It was a challenge trying to keep the clothes ...

It is a nice sunny Sunday afternoon with a pleasant temperature of 75 degrees. It is great porch-sitting weather. We attended church services this morning hosted by our neighbors. My cousin Lovina, ...