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The Real Shoofly Pie
My many church and ladies-auxiliary cookbooks from Central
Pennsylvania dish up some darn good Pennsylvania cooking and are my first stop
when looking to conjure flavors from my youth. I find that after getting beyond
the persistent “can of creamed mushroom soup” or the “catsup” that seems to be
dumped into everything circa 1970, for the most part these cookbooks hide many
simple but classic regional recipes first introduced to me by my mother,
grandmothers, and aunts at potlucks, holiday feasts and Sunday dinners. So when
I was looking for an authentic shoofly pie, I figured my fundraiser cookbooks
were sure to deliver. READ MORE >>
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Gold Collar Workers
Present Golden Opportunities
Think of gold-collar workers as a lifeline. Since the only constant
in the choppy waters of competition is change, to stay afloat your people must
be intelligent and creative enough to solve complex problems, to engage
technical skills, and to apply cross-functional knowledge of the workplace.
These characteristics define the gold-collar worker. READ MORE >>
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Marvelous Chester
County Mushrooms
When you live in the boonies, you’ll latch on to anything
that puts your hometown on the map. My husband and I lived in the boonies of
Chester County, Pa., about five miles west of Kennett Square, for nearly 10
years. During that decade whenever we traveled and signed our names and locale in
B&B journals, hiking trail registries or event rosters, we’d always add the
tag line “mushroom capital of the world!” Without fail, we’d head off giggling
like a couple of kids who used silly fake names.
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