Amish food, like any other food, has regional distinctions
Amish cooking isn't simple, exactly. Mostly, it's just unfussy. In their new book Amish Cooks Across America, Kevin Williams and Lovina Eicher look at Amish cooking and what makes it distinct. Obviously, the food is made without benefit of electricity or modern appliances. But there is something more to it than that: Amish cooking is hearty, as it has to be to satisfy the caloric needs of hard-working people. And it is what we often think of as wholesome.