Laura Sullivan

A bag of cinnamon the size of a pillow was not on my shopping list, yet there it…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 1

Two giant chickens stand guard by the front door, and that was my first clue this breakfast stop…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 30

Bees were buzzing inside the grocery store, right behind a pane of glass, and that was only the…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 29

A former gas station was the last place I expected to find the best potato and cheese dumpling…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 28

A paper sack of warm cider doughnuts once turned a quick roadside stop into the best part of…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 27

A paper box on the passenger seat can change a whole road trip in Pennsylvania. You stop for…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 26

Butter hitting a hot griddle makes a sound you can hear from the sidewalk, and it pulled me…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 25

A rectangle of pizza with a crackly bottom, a soft middle, and cheese that nobody will fully explain…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 24

Butter was still shining on the twist when the girl behind the counter handed it over, and the…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 23

A steaming bowl of chicken and dumplings can turn an ordinary lunch stop into the kind of meal…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 22

A thick slab of meatloaf under a slow-poured ladle of brown gravy is the kind of thing that…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 21

Potato filling usually arrives soft, buttery, and scooped straight from a casserole dish, but one little Pennsylvania kitchen…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 20

Fried bologna, crisped until the edges curl up like little cups, is one of those breakfast joys that…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 19

Rice pudding might sound like an afterthought, but in Pennsylvania it can steal the whole meal right out…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 18

A spoon that stands straight up in a bowl of soup is my personal test for whether a…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 17

My grandmother called it a poor man’s breakfast, but the version ladled over toast at these Pennsylvania counters…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 16

A basket of onion rings that fogs up your napkin the second it lands in your lap is…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 15

The first spoonful of a really good chicken corn soup tastes like somebody’s grandmother has been standing over…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 14

A curl of steam rising off a plate of roasted turkey and mashed potatoes can turn an ordinary…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 13

A cone in one hand and a curious cow blinking at you over a fence is not the…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 12

Some of the best surprises in Pennsylvania hide at the end of a gravel lane you almost didn’t…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 11

There is something about pushing open a heavy old door in Pennsylvania, shaking off the cold, and catching…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 10

Some of the best views in Pennsylvania don’t ask much of you at all. You round a bend…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 9

Some of the best places in Pennsylvania hide just off the main road, where you’d never think to…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 8

There’s something magical about pushing open the door of a small chocolate shop in Pennsylvania and catching that…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 7

There is something special about walking into a small Pennsylvania meat counter and catching the scent of seasonings,…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 6

There is something oddly thrilling about stepping into a wall of towering cornstalks and having no idea which…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 5

Some of the best meals in Pennsylvania hide in plain sight, tucked into small villages you might drive…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 4

Some of the best treats in Pennsylvania hide along quiet country roads, far from any big city buzz.…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 3

There’s a special kind of joy in stumbling onto a little bakery in Pennsylvania and realizing the whoopie…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 2

Somewhere in Pennsylvania, tucked along an old cobblestone street, there is a little shop where the air smells…

By Laura Sullivan · Sep 1

There’s a certain magic in walking into a plain little counter somewhere in Pennsylvania, expecting nothing fancy, and…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 31

There is something special about walking into a small bakery in Pennsylvania and realizing the pretzel in your…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 30

Some of the best food memories start in places you almost drive right past. Tucked into the rolling…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 29

There’s something magical about stumbling onto a little cider mill in Pennsylvania and realizing you get to watch…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 28

Picture rolling farmland in Pennsylvania, where a plain-looking farmhouse sits back from the road with a warm glow…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 27

There’s something magical about stumbling onto a little bakery in Pennsylvania and biting into a slice of pie…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 26

Some of the best food memories start at places you almost drive right past. Tucked along a country…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 25

Somewhere along a busy Pennsylvania highway sits a bright yellow windmill that most drivers zip right past. Slow…

By Laura Sullivan · Aug 24