Northampton Community College student Angel Harper gingerly and carefully scored the center of each delicate square of dough. “The center needs to be scored to fry evenly since they are square,” said ...

The results are in, and Lehighvalleylive.com has officially crowned the greatest fastnacht in all the land. At least, the greatest of the seven most popular responses to a Google survey. But we do ...

Every year the question arises - what is a fastnacht? Is it a doughnut? Should it be square, round or have a hole in the center? Dare anyone ask, how many calories are in a fastnacht? The doughnuts ...

Making fastnachts in East Prospect is more than a fire company fundraiser. It’s a community-powered event. The recipe and sorting of the ingredients were handled by Becky’s Kitchen, a restaurant just ...

March 1 is Mardi Gras, National Pancake Day and in Pennsylvania, it's also Fastnacht Day or Fat Tuesday. The tradition of making these often doughy delights on what's also known as Shrove Tuesday ...

Flour, butter and sugar — the other trinity often recognized in the season of Lent — make some amazing concoctions. But if you think that fastnachts are the best way to use those ingredients before ...

New Orleans has its Mardi Gras. And here, in a region with German heritage, we have Fastnacht. And on Fastnacht, we eat fastnachts. Let's break that down a little with some help from Merriam-Webster: ...

It was a bit like a dance, choreographed to the sound of kitchen timers. Sisters Stephanie Fenstermacher and Sharon Bagenstose quickly and methodically put some pans in the oven and quickly took out ...

It's almost time for Lancaster County's favorite pastry-themed holiday, Fasnacht Day. Fasnacht Day, commonly misspelled as "fastnacht" and "fassnacht," is Tuesday, March 1. Fasnacht Day is marked on ...