FOODIE FuN Good ‘N Plenty Restaurant Smoketown Feels Like Home GET COZY WITH TRADITIONAL AMISH CuISINE Drive through the countryside to get a glimpse into the lives of the Pennsylvania Dutch—descendants of German immigrants that settled in the area before 1800. Whether you take a horse-drawn buggy ride or tour a living history attraction, one thing’s for sure: no experience is complete without filling up on Amish cuisine. Hearty and homey, traditional Amish recipes were passed down through generations and were intended to sustain folks for a hard day’s work. Today, this fare is the perfect way to refuel for a day of sightseeing. Belly up to the counter at Dutch Eating Place at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia and order the famous Homemade Chicken Pot Pie—a savory broth loaded with chunks of chicken, vegetables, and doughy dumplings. At Good ‘N Plenty Restaurant in Smoketown, order the PA Dutch Sampler for a taste of Amish staples: chicken, meatloaf, and a serving of pork-and-sauerkraut. In Ronks, look for the windmill of Dutch Haven , a roadside stand dating back to 1946, where you can order its famous Shoo-Fly Pie—a gooey, sticky, lip-smacking confection of brown sugar, cinnamon, and molasses-flavored filling inside a winter wheat pastry shell. Or go for all-you-can-eat buffets, such as Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant & Smorgasbord in Bird-in-Hand and, on the other side of the state in Smicksburg, The Amish House , to make sure you try a little of everything. follow the maple trail Take a road trip through the Laurel Highlands, where more than 90 maple farms and nearly 120,500 taps produce approximately 27,000 gallons of maple syrup every year. Here are a few stops to get you started. Silver Horse Coffee Donegal camp, which highlights the historical techniques used in maple syrup production from Colonial times to present day. BAER BROS. CAMP This working sugar camp in Friedens makes syrup much as it was done for the past century on local farms (with a little new technology mixed in). Watch maple syrup boil over a wood-fired evaporator, and learn how to make spotza—a special maple treat—during the sugaring process. SILVER HORSE COFFEE Start your morning right at Silver Horse Coffee in Donegal, where the maple latté is made with local maple syrup. TOP TO BOTTOM: DISCOVERLANCASTER.COM; SILVER HORSE COFFEE SOMERSET HISTORICAL CENTER Pay a visit to the Somerset Historical Center’s Maple Sugar Camp in Somerset, a recreation of a typical 1860s permanent sugar WHITEHORSE BREWING Cap off your busy day at this craft brewery in Berlin, where you can sip on brews like Maple Wheat and Sugar Camp Saison. See more sweet stops on the trail at visitPA.com/trip/tapped-maple-trail. visitPA.com 27
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