Food
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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 >> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE PDF>>
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Beef Cook-off Successfully Steers Palates toward Grass-fed
While their tastes may differ, judges of PASA’s inaugural Grass-fed, Grass-finished Beef Challenge
Cook-Off held August 3 agree that the idyllic pastoral setting and
sustainable philosophies of Glasbern Country Inn in Fogelsville, Lehigh County, Pa., along
with a sold-out crowd of beef eaters made for a wonderful educational experience.
A tasting contest featuring 13
PASA-member contestants who raise 100 percent grass-fed and grass-finished
cattle was the main event. Delmonico steaks grilled by Glasbern Inn chefs were judged by a panel of 10 chefs, food writers, and food
professionals.
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Hanover’s Snacking
Traditions Deliver Regional Flavors with Wide Appeal
The small town of Hanover, Pennsylvania,
approximately 50 miles northwest of Baltimore, might seem an unlikely place to
house not just one, but two nationally known snack food companies. But when you consider that, in the early 1900s,
entrepreneurial snack makers from this farming community enjoyed easy access to
locally available crops that made starting one’s own chip or pretzel company a
fairly inexpensive way to get into business, it’s not so unlikely after all.
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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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Four Seasons Promotion Demonstrates Commitment to Sustainability and PASA
When the idea of an Earth Week promotion surfaced during a
team meeting at Four Seasons Produce, everyone immediately embraced the concept
of donating the proceeds to PASA. The result of Four Seasons’ celebration of
sustainability is a generous $8,629.25 contribution to the PASA Annual Fund. READ MORE >>
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Peas in a Pod Produce
Off for a weekend drive to local farms, the young sisters
pile into the back of their parents’ car like three peas in a pod. Mom and dad
stock up on fruits and veggies and chit chat with farmers, while the city girls
soak in the country setting and nibble from farm to farm—berries,
tomatoes, cantaloupe, apples. A bite of any of these today sends the women back
to country times as children; each season with its own delicious flavors and
memories. READ MORE >>
Features
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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. It’s clear that rapidly
changing technology and an international business environment have profoundly
shifted competitive advantage from brawn to brain in today’s Information Age.
It is this gold-collar working class that will generate the majority of Lancaster
County’s productivity, which will increase in direct proportion with the equity
the county’s workers hold in the form of applicable, competitive knowledge. READ MORE >> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE PDF>>
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Flower Power
The
Strength and Sustainability of Columbia’s Floral Industry
by Nancy Tucker and Lori Baer
Long equatorial
days, mild temperatures, and fertile soil establish a year-round growing season ideally suited for Colombia’s blossoming floriculture
industry. Located in Northwestern South America, Colombia boasts a
strategic location mid-way between North and South America with easy access to global
markets.
Cultivating more than 50 types of flowers, Colombia is a major player in global flower trade and the leading supplier of fresh-cut flowers to the U.S. Worldwide, the country ranks as the largest carnation exporter and the second largest exporter of flowers — exporting roughly 95 percent of their yield with 84 percent going to American markets thereby making flowers among the top five exports to the U.S. Flowers easily represent Colombia’s biggest nontraditional agricultural export, accounting for US$ 1.114 million exported in 2007 from some 18,000 acres. Approximately 75 percent of this acreage is devoted to roses, carnations, and chrysanthemums.
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Eat, Drink and Be Wary:
25 Steps for Managing Holiday Party Liabilities
If Grandma got run over by a reindeer, you had
better hope the reindeer wasn’t drinking at your holiday office party. Alcohol leads
a sleigh full of employer liabilities right to your holiday festivity and is
capable of running over morale, careers, solvency, and at worst, lives. Employers
want to host holiday celebrations and want their employees to have a good time,
yet they also want people to act responsibly and stay safe and healthy to enjoy
the New Year. Proper party planning can make sure they do, and proper insurance
can protect your business if they don’t. READ MORE >> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE PDF>>
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What you must know
now: Health Savings Accounts 2008
Like most young children, the health savings account wonder
child is finding its way in a brave new world of health care. Characterized by
slow but steady growth, health savings accounts (HSA) have a promising future,
and employers have the difficult job of making the right choices about how to
bring them up in their businesses. Fully understanding and educating employees
about HSAs in a transition from traditional health coverage
isn’t easy. But like raising kids, it’s something that can be learned, and the
reward may very well be worth the effort. READ MORE >> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE PDF>>
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Learning a Living: How to Outsource Training
Anybody can find capital
to back good ideas, smart strategies can be imitated, and technology’s shrinking
shelf life places today’s upgrade immediately behind tomorrow’s advances.
Today, talent prevails as a company’s prime competitive advantage. READ MORE >> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE PDF>>
Profiles
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Cherry Wood
Steve Cherry: Cabinet Maker
One’s inner youngster emerges as creativity, and feeding
this creative child is an imagination at play.
That’s Cherry style.
For 36 years, Steve Cherry and his inner child have toyed
with woodworking. Today, along side wife and business partner, Kimberly,
Steve’s playfulness manifests in extraordinary and unusual custom woodwork and
a lifestyle grounded in fun.
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Communicator
Jim Morozzi: Engineering success at D&E
Garlic, basil, and buttery sweet olive oil meld with tomatoes and bubble in a stock pot on the stove, sending savory scents throughout the house. Can’t you just taste it? The Morozzi family does.
“I make a great spaghetti sauce,” says Jim Morozzi, president, CEO, and director of D&E Communications. “I come from an Italian background, and my mom’s a great cook. Holidays are always a big deal with food spilling over tables, so I do like to cook.”
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Preserved
Tim Smedick: Shaping history at
the Preservation Trust
In 1803, Meriwether Lewis spent three weeks in Lancaster
with ace surveyor Andrew Ellicott, honing his survey skills for what is now known
as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Ellicott mentored Lewis in his home, which
still stands at 123 North Prince Street. Imagine the times, the brilliant
exchange, and the anticipation of the journey. Imagine the energy lingering in
the space to this day. READ MORE >> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE PDF>>
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Purple Martin
Liz Martin: Hatching experience at Martin Insurance
Her jubilant laughter reverberates through the office. “My
dad put me on the payroll at eight. I tell everyone I’ve been working for 33
years,” she says, roaring with laughter. “I hated it, and he said, ‘Some day
you’ll thank me for this!’” READ MORE >> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE PDF>>
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Wildlife Photographer
Shares Wonders of Nature
To spy a red-tailed hawk catching currents overhead, fawns
frolicking on a spring day, or a pair of crimson cardinals against the backdrop
of winter white marks a treasured moment. Most of us enjoy these fleeting
moments from behind the wheel or in the backyard just before the dog sends wildlife
running for cover. Then, in an instant, the image is lost to a busier pace. READ MORE >>
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Essays
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Color Theory
They read like a nursery’s inventory, that list of wood stains
… evergreen, hedge row, red cedar, balsam pine … but imagining their one-inch
square color swatches onto my deck furniture was like translating
Serbo-Croatian poetry into lilting English. I finally settled on one. Figured
I’d learn to like it.
So racing through a brief window of good summer weather just
before vacation, I power washed and prepped in hopes of staining everything
before getting out of town. Ten weeks afterward, I was still staining and
scrounging for some meaning. Where cars once parked months ago, our driveway
now looked like Sanford and Son’s as furniture, tarps, and paint stuff junked the
space, and my interest in responsibly protecting that wooden furniture from the
elements lay among the debris.
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Finding Peace In Every Step
When my husband approached me about applying for a job that
would require selling our home and moving out of the area, I immediately embraced
the idea. It felt time to shake life up. We had been in the same town for a
decade. I was unhappy with my job, and he was unhappy with his. He landed the position,
we began searching for a new house, and surprisingly I became nostalgic for yesterday
and uncertain of tomorrow.
Nine months later surrounded by boxes in our new home, I was
a changed person. Always focused on the literal move, I never anticipated the
rewarding mental journey I was taking. As we pack everything into boxes, we
sorted through our lives and let go in order to move on.
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