Laura Sullivan

A five-gallon bucket for your sandwich was the last thing I expected to fall in love with on…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 15

Cinnamon sugar on your fingertips is the best souvenir a farm stand can give you. Across Pennsylvania, some…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 14

Gravy was the last thing on my mind when I slid into a cracked vinyl booth on a…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 13

Crunchy, sugary almonds stuck to a square cake might not sound like the start of a road trip,…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 12

Thirteen pastries in one box was not what I planned when I pulled off a busy Pennsylvania road…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 11

Rivels are tiny, lumpy dumplings, and they turned a quick lunch stop into the meal I keep talking…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 10

Walnut dust on a paper bag was the first clue that this little stop was something special. One…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 9

Broccoli rabe was the last thing I expected to crave at seven in the morning, yet there I…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 8

Four plump dumplings in a warming box, glistening with butter and onions, were all it took to change…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 7

A wrong turn on a country road led one traveler to a bag full of apple dumplings, fresh…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 6

Gravy was the last thing on my mind when I pulled off a busy Pennsylvania highway looking for…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 5

Wood smoke drifting over a small-town street in Pennsylvania is the best kind of road sign. I followed…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 4

Frosting squished out the sides and landed on my shoe before I even made it back to the…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 3

Square noodles, rolled by hand and dropped straight into simmering broth, are the reason many people in Pennsylvania…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 2

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