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Celebrating the Life of an Appalachian Fly Fisherman

Last year, one of the last great fly fishermen waded into the crystal clear waters of eternity which led him to those promised streets of gold.

All That’s Unseen

Themes of place, home, and belonging are through lines in Appalachian discourse, and Emilee Hackney’s debut memoir, All That’s Unseen, tackles them with a sharp eye for nuance.

A Sunday Afternoon

In the mid-1960s, when I was around ten, I spent a Sunday afternoon with my cousin, Harriett. She was a slight girl and I was a well-fed tomboy. I lived in a neighborhood a few miles from town, while Harriett lived on the outskirts of town.

Savor Georgia's Wine Abundance

Thinking of an escape to wine country? Perhaps Napa Valley in California or the Bordeaux region of France come to mind. Or maybe even Tuscany in Italy. However, you don’t have to go that far to enjoy a Chardonnay while taking in a scenic backdrop.

Foxfire Lit the Way for An Appalachian Awakening

Many of us may have been introduced to the Foxfire books via what was then the most modern aggregation of knowledge, the mall bookstore.

Managing Invasive Wild Hogs is A Never-Ending Job

When George Gordon Moore imported the first European wild boars to Graham County, North Carolina, in April 1912, neither he nor anyone else who would later attempt to hunt them fully understood how formidable a quarry these animals would prove to be.

On the Trail in the Smokies

Noland Divide is a long, crescent-shaped ridge that separates the Deep Creek and Noland Creek watersheds on the North Carolina side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Word from the Smokies

For Makhali Voss, going to the lab is synonymous with checking into a hotel. After a day spent capturing thousands of blow flies the University of Tennessee graduate student sets up her mobile DNA analysis lab on whatever desk she finds in her room.

Let’s party about it: Leftover Salmon

During my formal introduction to Vince Herman, singer/guitarist for Leftover Salmon, he was driving a golf cart solo backstage at the inaugural Mile High Music Festival in 2008.

Autumn & Winter Warmers

As we amble into autumn, with its sometimes chilly nights that whisper wintry warnings, these long-simmered dishes are perfect for placing on the edge of a hot wood stove and allowing to bubble till mealtime.

Offbeat Meat Dishes

While working on a book that will feature a number of food-related stories from the newspaper columns of that beloved muse of the North Carolina mountains in yesteryear, John Parris, I was struck by the amount of attention he devoted to organ meats.

Séguret publishes new cookbook