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Holiday Huzzah with Two Gratins
As we slide deeper into autumn and its heartier recipes, gearing up for the thrust of Thanksgiving and the chaos of Christmas, a potato casserole is one of the best things you can confect to bring everything back down to earth. Read more
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The Many Virtues of Venison
As a mountain boy who grew up in the Smokies in the 1950s, though I was hunting, fishing, or just prowling around in the woods at every opportunity, my encounters with deer were almost non-existent. Read more
Tantalizing Tomato Treats
Who can imagine a pizza without a foundational tomato sauce; a hamburger without ketchup and a slice of fresh tomato; salsa without that principal ingredient; a BLT without the T? What would Italy be without the tomato? Read more
Aug 1, 2024
Mountain Soul Food
There are a number of favorite dishes, often ones associated with special occasions or feeling rather poorly that rise to the level of being described as mountain soul food Read more
May 25, 2024
Summer Tarts: Savory & Sweet
When it comes to the big question “What shall I serve when the guests arrive?” you can never go wrong with a tart. A French-inspired one-crust rendition of the typical American pie, the tart can be savory or sweet. Read more
May 25, 2024
Cornbread's World of Wonders
No foodstuffs loom larger in mountain culinary traditions than the many and varied ways in which cornmeal is turned into cornbread. In that process a sort of wonderment takes place. Read more
Mar 25, 2024
Stalking the Wild Asparagus, and Other Spring Edibles
For any of you who grew up with Euell Gibbons in your library, the above title will have a familiar ring. Euell Gibbons, born in 1911, is considered by many to have been a trailblazer of the third wave of the back-to-the-land movement. Read more
Mar 25, 2024
The Asheville Herb Festival and the Power of Plants
Herbs have been used for medicinal and culinary purposes long before recorded history and are still appropriated worldwide for spiritual, healing, dietary, and ritualistic reasons. Read more
Jan 20, 2024
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Appalachian elegance
There comes a time, as winter grows old, when you just want to throw everything left over in your pantry in a pot and let it work its own magic, while you go off in search of the first wild greens that might be popping up in some sheltered corner. Read more
Jan 20, 2024
Dried beans mean hearty eating
During my Smokies boyhood there were a number of what might be reckoned staple foods on our family table. At any rate, if “staple foods” translates to items that figured prominently in our daily diet, they certainly qualified. Read more
Jan 20, 2024
