It was a clear and bright day in early February when Bill Steward felt all conditions were right for making scrapple. Slowly his helpers made up of family and friends gathered. In all there were ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

1. To make apple butter, melt butter with apples on low. 2. Cook on very low heat until soft. 3. Add vanilla and sugar, and blend until smooth. 4. Refrigerate. This should make one quart and should be ...

No, it doesn’t grow in the wild forests of Pennsylvania. Getty Images/Allrecipes In fifth grade, my health teacher taught a lesson on cooking safety. I remember only one thing from that lesson. She ...

Last month I was chatting with Chef Joe Trama at The Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster, where he has been the executive chef for three decades. Over morning coffee, we often swap ...

The first mention I ever heard of scrapple was when I was reading a 19th century cookbook. It had other fun recipes like Turtle Soup and “how to get the fish smell off a knife.” Good stuff. Scrapple ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Frances from Westlake Village wrote me asking for a recipe for scrapple: ...

These specialists wear sterilized gloves and dart about in white coats. The floor is frequently flushed with clean water. The overhead bright lights glance off the stainless steel carts. Is this a ...

Delawareans are obsessed with eating a fried piece of pork that rhymes with the word "apple." Members of this culinary cult know the answer is obviously "scrapple." This Dr. Seuss-sounding food is so ...

It is Pennsylvania Dutch country’s mystery meat. Crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside, scrapple is a meaty, thrifty and filling comfort food. Love it or hate it, scrapple is a Lancaster ...

Scrapple is primarily a Pennsylvania Dutch dish, made from pork scraps, cooked with seasonings and broth, thickened with flour and cornmeal, cooked and poured into loaf pans, and today it gets its day ...

It's not every day you come across a state where it's normal for residents to eat bricks of pork for breakfast. In Delaware, and the surrounding states, those bricks are called scrapple. With new ...