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As part of its ongoing food series, The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg is offering three programs in March. On Saturday, March 9, one can bake a Moravian Sugar Cake. On Wednesday, March 14, learn about food traditions during Carnival and Lent. On Sunday, March 17, discover heirloom vegetable seeds. Details and registration information are available at schwenkfelder.org/calendar by clicking on the program dates. Brought to Bethlehem by the early Moravians, the Moravian Sugar Cake has remained a local favorite for centuries. Learn how to make this buttery yeasty cake in a workshop taught by Alice Wolfgang on Saturday, March 9, from 9 to 11am, and go home with one ready for the oven! Preregistration by March 2 is required; the workshop fee is $20 with a $10 fee for the baking supplies. Participants should check out the web for what utensils they must bring. The March 13 Brown Bag Lecture at noon features curator Candace Perry presenting a fun illustrated lecture about foods you should probably give up for Lent because they are secretly (or not so secretly) delicious and decadent! This program will examine Lenten culinary traditions in Europe and the United States, focusing, of course, on German-speaking countries and the Pennsylvania Germans. The free lecture is available in-person or virtually. To reserve your place and get the Zoom link, email info@schwenkfelder.org or call 215-679-3103 Get ready to plant your vegetable garden after attending Sunday, March 17's lecture by Dr. William Woys Weaver, an internationally known food historian and author of "Heirloom Vegetable Gardening." His lecture will survey what we know about Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen gardens based on surviving documentation as well as horticultural genealogies that trace back into Mennonite seed exchanges with Holland. Dr. Weaver will have his books and a selection of his heirloom vegetable seeds available for purchase at the program. Admission to the program is $5. Register at schwenkfelder.org/calendar or by calling 215-679-3103. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center at 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, has on exhibit "Culinary Journey from Germany to Pennsylvania," focusing on the history of Pennsylvania German food. For more information on upcoming programs and exhibits, visit schwenkfelder.org.
As part of its ongoing food series, The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg is offering three programs in March. On Saturday, March 9, one can bake a Moravian Sugar Cake. On Wednesday, March 14, learn about food traditions during Carnival and Lent. On Sunday, March 17, discover heirloom vegetable seeds. Details and registration information are available at schwenkfelder.org/calendar by clicking on the program dates.
Brought to Bethlehem by the early Moravians, the Moravian Sugar Cake has remained a local favorite for centuries. Learn how to make this buttery yeasty cake in a workshop taught by Alice Wolfgang on Saturday, March 9, from 9 to 11am, and go home with one ready for the oven! Preregistration by March 2 is required; the workshop fee is $20 with a $10 fee for the baking supplies. Participants should check out the web for what utensils they must bring.
The March 13 Brown Bag Lecture at noon features curator Candace Perry presenting a fun illustrated lecture about foods you should probably give up for Lent because they are secretly (or not so secretly) delicious and decadent! This program will examine Lenten culinary traditions in Europe and the United States, focusing, of course, on German-speaking countries and the Pennsylvania Germans. The free lecture is available in-person or virtually. To reserve your place and get the Zoom link, email info@schwenkfelder.org or call 215-679-3103
Get ready to plant your vegetable garden after attending Sunday, March 17's lecture by Dr. William Woys Weaver, an internationally known food historian and author of "Heirloom Vegetable Gardening." His lecture will survey what we know about Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen gardens based on surviving documentation as well as horticultural genealogies that trace back into Mennonite seed exchanges with Holland. Dr. Weaver will have his books and a selection of his heirloom vegetable seeds available for purchase at the program. Admission to the program is $5. Register at schwenkfelder.org/calendar or by calling 215-679-3103.
The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center at 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, has on exhibit "Culinary Journey from Germany to Pennsylvania," focusing on the history of Pennsylvania German food. For more information on upcoming programs and exhibits, visit schwenkfelder.org.