The sun was only just up, the morning rush hour barely begun, but inside Yoder’s Restaurant, the energy level was already at an eleven. Friendly servers in print aprons balanced generous portions of ...

On a sunny 75-degree Tuesday in February, Clara Yoder, her adult daughter and the daughter’s four fidgety pre-teens sit together on white-plank benches in front of Big Olaf Creamery in Sarasota, ...

What happens in Pinecraft, stays in Pinecraft. It’s not quite Las Vegas, but this community in Sarasota, Fla., is an Amish snowbird haven — an “Amish Paradise.” Traditional dress is still sometimes ...

For many people, Christmas serves as a joyous celebration of the previous year, a holiday season roaring in on the heels of lazy Thanksgiving to cap another 12 months of lives lived, birthdays marked, ...

Editor's Note: Dorcas Raber, mother of Amish Cook columnist Gloria Yoder, is filling in this week. Daughter Gloria is super busy getting ready for a wedding held in their shop next week. And now, dear ...

From December through April, Amish travelers pack charter buses making overnight runs from Ohio to Florida. Stiff black hats are gingerly stowed in overhead bins as the bus winds its way through hilly ...

For many people, Christmas serves as a joyous celebration of the previous year, a holiday season roaring in on the heels of lazy Thanksgiving to cap another 12 months of lives lived, birthdays marked, ...