Episode 40: Eating the Amish Way

April 18, 1998

We're featuring the food and folkways of the Amish and Mennonites with Marcia Adams, author of New Recipes from Quilt Country: More Food & Folkways from the Amish & Mennonites. Marcia tells us where to go and how to behave when visiting one of their settlements and shares a recipe for shoofly pie. Jane and Michael Stern report in from Idaho with a tip on where to find an exceptional Mexican meal; Stuart Stevens, author of Feeding Frenzy: Across Europe in Search of the Perfect Meal, tells us how to best spend time in Paris; and Lynne shares some of her favorite food mail-order catalogs and an interesting read.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

  • November 8, 1997 (originally aired)

  • April 18, 1998 (rebroadcast)