Preface<br > Pennsylvania!<br > Bicentennial State]<br > So much to it you can split it down the middle， take half<br >and still have plenty of Pennsylvania. Plenty to do and see.<br > Ever since William Penn flung open the portals of his<br >province to all， Pennsylvania has been a synonym for<br >hospitality. All who came were welcomed， and in turn wel-<br >comed others. From the earliest arrivals to the latest comers，<br >they brought their own ideas and tossed them into the<br >melting-pot which became-and is still becoming-a mar-<br >velously cosmopolitan commonwealth.<br > Since this book is primarily about food， the people who<br > prepare it， the places which serve it-tuck a napkin under<br > your chin and come along. Let s explore some 20，000 square<br > miles of Pennsylvania between the watershed of the Alleghe-<br > nies and the valley of the Delaware.<br > I was born in that checkered cosmos， the eastern half of<br > Pennsylvania. I have traveled and tramped it， read and written<br > about it all my life. I learn something new about it almost<br > every day.<br > This is the second printing of "Adventures in Dining and<br > Interesting PLACES to Visit" (PLACES for short). In the<br > first printing， the gustatory adventures were generally within<br > the Lancaster-Allentown axis: Pennsylvania Dutch Country，<br > where the pleasures of the palate are paramount. In the<br > second printing I m taking you farther afield to consider the<br >