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NOT A FAN OF SANTA CLAUS! Has Carl Become the Grinch and Crossed the Holidays off his Calendar This Year?   The holidays are coming and you can't convince me that I'm gonna enjoy it. I mean really, I have not been thinking about Christmas for the past two weeks, three days and 6 and a half hours. Why would I? I can't stand decorating with my antique Christmas Collection that I've been

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Did somebody say Goat Milk?  It's Happening... Well, It's been a while. I have been evaluating the culinary aspect of our operations over the past  years and have seen that the people that live here in Lancaster County have become quite the Epicureans. Bonus! People that travel here have come to expect the discovery of great food and where the heck it all comes from. Lancaster has done it.

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 Honored! Needless to say,  that I received one of the Top Ten Culinary Inns award from Bed and Breakfast.com. On a list of great inns with great chefs, I was recognized with an interesting twist to get people involved with food. From tours and demos to lectures and an all out immersion, the Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast has pushed the buttons; and has gotten noticed. I have always enjoyed

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Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate!  A Murder and Chocolate Lovers Get Away Weekend at the Harvest Moon Bed & Breakfast Here we go again! As we roll into February, the Harvest Moon bandb has done it again. Another cold blooded murder dripping in nothing but chocolate. This sweet indulgence will warm everyone up, bringing them out for just a night of fun, intrigue and the delicious taste of

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Lancaster County Harvest Time A Tale of Changing Seasons at the Harvest Moon Bed & Breakfast... So, there comes a time of the year where you have to say... it's time for a change. You know, the end of winter where the mud is everywhere and the threat of one last snow storm makes you wild. Or when fall has dropped all of it's leaves and there is nothing outside except for murky skies and

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A Spoiled Innkeeper! Yeah... that's right, I'm spoiled! I get what I want when I want it, and I won't take anything less. Got something to say about it? Go ahead, I dare you! Wow, sounds awful. But I'm really not all that bad. As an Innkeeper here in Lancaster County, I get to shop around for only the best here at our bed and breakfast! Here's the scoop, simply stated, I live in Lancaster

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A Day of Eating Fine Lancaster County Cheese Lancaster County Cheese Tour This tour, in a series of our Culinary "INNtensives", seems to be getting some hype. As the Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast was most recently featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, we are now releasing some of the details of this tour. A local Lancaster County Dairy Farm The point of our culinary "INNtensives" is

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Another Great Lancaster County Restaurant!  Just needed to shout out on this great restaurant finds in Lancaster County, Checkers Bistro! This one is about a half hour from our Lancaster County Bed and Breakfast. Recently, My brother, cousin and I all treated our mothers to a lunch at Checkers Bistro in Lancaster. When I think of checkers, I think of a retro place, with white and black tiled

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It's that time of year! On the cusp of the dog days, but still enjoying some refreshing nights leftover from spring. Although I love all times of the year, including summer,  I am vehemently against humidity.  I can take days in the eighties and nineties, however, when it gets sticky, here in New Holland PA, I am just absolutely miserable. However, me being glass half full, always, I find

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So when I moved to Lancaster County years ago to open up the Harvest Moon Bed & Breakfast, I thought to myself after going to the grocery store and seeing nothing more than the usual fruit and vegetables that I was doomed as a chef, absolutely doomed. Lancaster Fresh Field Greens... Salad Anyone? I would travel far and wide to try to find something unique; something that peeked my interest

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Lancaster County Antiques Adamstown, PA is the place to be for all your antique needs. And on April 25 through the 29, 2012, Adamstown will host it's first Antique Extravaganza this year. This event is tops for our area in Lancaster County. Adamstown is filled with all kinds of great  antiques from trinkets and jewelry to old tins and typewriters... and everything in between.   Lancaster

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It's time to find out why staying at a Bed & Breakfast is a Better Way to Stay! So as an innkeeper here in Lancaster County, we often ask where are guests found out about us. It helps us with our marketing efforts. Lately along with that question, I have heard more and more people saying that this is their first B&B experience. It always intrigues me why someone who has been enjoying a hotel

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How to Make a Lancaster County Favorite... I just love Chicken Soup... It warms the soul on cool winter days. Nothing says "home" more than a pot simmering on the stove throughout the day. Here in Lancaster at our B&B, a Valentines' Package is not complete without the smells of a warm kettle of broth wafting through the air.  And with Chicken Soup, there is so much you can do with it. Although

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Building Memories! I know... it sounds like a cliche..."A good old fashioned Christmas"   However, as I sit here and look at the decorated house, the Christmas cookies that have been enjoyed, and the Lights that sparkle, I am reminded that I have set up memories for my children. Lancaster County Christmas Tree Hunting You see, since I started being a father, I often thought what were my

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La Borimex.... The New Heavyweight! Chili Rellenos So, I am challenged each year here at the Harvest Moon when it comes to our October Cooking Demo. You see, there is this group of ladies that come. Each year I put together a new and exciting demo just for them. One year it was Italian, then German...another year it was French and now this past year it was Mexican. Mexican, I thought...

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A Lancaster County Tradition has been Discovered! Remember the Christmas Bubble Lights? Whirly-glos don the tree So over the years, living in Lancaster County, I have seen a shift towards the thinking of Christmas. The air in Lancaster has changed. One can walk downtown now in Lancaster, Lititz, Marietta, New Holland.... and find the sights, smells and sounds of a Christmas long ago.

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What's Up With All These Leftover Pumpkins?  So Halloween is over and you've got a boatload of pumpkins left over? What are you going to do with them all. Well for starters you could hold your own pumpkin chuckin' contest in the neighborhood.... or maybe not. Don't tell them the folks at the Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast Told you to do so. Lancaster County Pumpkin Recipes Or you could

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Tips and Secrets to Host Your very own Murder Mystery Each year here at the Harvest Moon Bed & Breakfast as the Holidays come around we begin to plan for our New Years Eve Murder Mystery . A Lancaster County Favorite. Lots of elements are involved as we begin our evening of mystery and intrigue. To begin with, it helps to have an old home with lots of history. From there, it is all easy to put

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L   E   T      T   H   E      H   O   L   I   D   A   Y  S      B   E   G   I   N    It's that time of year everyone.... you know, the "Mostest" most "Bestest" Time of the Year when you can hardly wait for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years to come along. Well, the older I get, the more I see that I can wait... I don't want it to go by so fast. The month of December, I try to

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Lancaster County Soy Bean Fields Pumpkins and Corn in Lancaster County Of course I am still here; what would make you think otherwise? Just busy! Trying to fit all into the schedule here at the Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast. It has been a fun summer, yet all good things come to an end... sadly, the kids are back in school... And I am reminded of that STAPLES commercial where the father is

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Motif #1 in Rockport MA So, when the thermostat reaches above 90 degrees, my circuits start frying a bit. I know, you all see me as cool, calm and collected, however, deep inside stands a crazy man that curses at the heat and humidity. You will never hear me complain in the winter time about how cold it is. I may acknowledge that it is cold, however I never complain about it. So, although

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So, someone asked me the other day where I would  go to get my party on! Someplace a little refined, yet knows how to have a rockin' time. Maybe have a glass of wine; a place of culture and history, yet not stuffy and pretentious. Being an innkeeper here at the Harvest Moon Bed & Breakfast in Lancaster, I was like, Wow, that's a tall order, is there such a place that touches on each one of

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OK.... So I manipulated that famous quote from Louis Pasteur... just a bit; go ahead and slap my hand if you want, I just really liked what he had to say. So now that were all good, let me explain. Well, really no biggie, really nothing to explain, I just never realized that Louis Pasteur had a connection to wine. Louis Pasteur But for sure he did. And after doing a bit of research here as I

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As I travel the culinary world of late, I have noticed a change in the landscape here in Lancaster County. Local restaurants have begun catering to the needs of those with Celiac Disease. Even here at the Bed and Breakfast, we have noticed a trend towards the gluten free diet. And to accommodate these special needs, restaurants all over Lancaster have begun to offer a menu for those who require

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You know.... They say Lancaster County is the Garden Spot of the World. I use to think, "how self boasting to claim yourself the garden spot of the "World". Such a self-proclaimed remark should have something to back it up I thought. And me and my city-boy lifestyle, having grown in the suburbs of both Baltimore and Boston did not at first look beyond the Giant Grocery Store. Lancaster

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