A Year-End Letter from the Editor

A Year-End Letter from the Editor

A Year-End Letter from the Editor I’ve been trying to write this for a long time, and this isn’t even the article I wanted to write. I wanted to write about the new restaurant Pine Grove Hall. I wanted to share quotes from the owner, head chef, and bar manager. I...
Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor It’s hard to know how to start a letter right now — nothing seems big or small enough. Our world has both drastically shrunk to our own homes and reached a new level of global connectivity. Anxiety and stress have spiked (and stayed there), but...
Cooking the Commonwealth

Cooking the Commonwealth

Cooking the Commonwealth What’s the most quintessential Pennsylvania food? If you answered soft pretzels, or scrapple, or cheese steak, you’re certainly not wrong. But Carrie Havranek, author of Tasting Pennsylvania, insists that there’s much more on the table across...
Updating the Apple Cart

Updating the Apple Cart

In Adams County, the largest producer of apples in the Commonwealth and the fourth largest producer of apples in the country, growers are adapting to a changing industry while trying to find the next megahit fruit.