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Bourbon-plumped currants enhance flavor of hot cross buns

Hot cross buns are an Easter specialty with a light, enriched crumb that’s studded with currants and flavored with a gentle mix of warm spices and a hint of citrus. While some versions are drizzled with icing, we prefer a traditional semi-sweet, flour-based “cross” etched across the ...

Festival organizers get $20,000 grant

The Endless Mountain Music Festival was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from America250PA’s first Semiquincentennial Grant Round for the festival’s America’s 250th Birthday Celebration concert. This funding enables the Endless Mountain Music Festival to commemorate America’s ...

‘Salvelady’ to speak to Herb Guild

Herbs aren’t just to make your food taste better or fill a room with fragrance … not according to Sue “the Salvelady” Morris, of Mill Hall, who is speaking on “Herbal Allies: the medicinal, nutritional, economic and ecological benefits of herbal medicine” at the next Clinton County Herb Guild meeting, slated for 7 p.m. on April 14. “It is always a privilege and an honor to be invited to speak to this group,” Morris said. “I’m looking forward to presenting this talk … at … Big Woods Bible Church.” Morris, who has given other presentations to the Guild in ...

Donuts topic of Christian women’s luncheon

The Lock Haven Christian Women’s Connection will host the “So What’s In A Donut Anyway?” Luncheon at 11:50 a.m., April 23 at the Flemington First Church of Christ, 714 Canal St., Allison Township. “There is always good food, lots of fun, door prizes, music from gifted vocalists, and inspiring speakers that help inform and encourage ladies to make a most memorable day,” a news release said. “The Feature Guest for the luncheon will be Elva Stover. She will demonstrate how to make donuts, right there during the luncheon. To complete the theme of the lunch, those attending ...

Exotic plant returning to Taber Museum

The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society is playing host to a most unusual visitor — an exotic Voodoo Lily. “Some may have heard about it, some may have seen pictures of it, but you will definitely remember its fragrance once you smell it, as it smells like ...