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Defining East Tennessee BBQ in Historic Downtown Sevierville
Located in Sevierville in what was formally an old Ford dealership sits a new BBQ joint using techniques rooted deep in the area’s past. Read more
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Soup As A Main Meal
Growing up in the Smokies, soup was a major factor in my family’s diet from the first killing frost right through the various cold snaps of early spring such as Blackberry Winter. Read more
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Vidalia Onion Casserole
While you can substitute other sweet onions in this recipe, none quite match the rightly heralded Vidalia strain. Read more
Vidalia Onion Casserole
While you can substitute other sweet onions in this recipe, none quite match the rightly heralded Vidalia strain. Read more
Feb 1, 2023
In Praise of the Humble Onion
Onions make regular appearances in a wide variety of dishes such as soups, stews, and casseroles. Yet I would argue that this humble though popular vegetable deserves wider recognition as a mainstay of high country food. Read more
Dec 1, 2022
Versatile and delicious pumpkins
Pumpkins were spreading their far-reaching vines, broad leaves, and curly little pigtail tendrils across the high-country landscape long before the first European settler girdled trees or grubbed roots to clear a patch to plant. Read more
Oct 1, 2022
Healing Plants of The Smokies
Herbs, flowers, saps and roots have captivated me for almost a decade. After experiencing the power and healing properties of dried herbs and essential oils, I became a true believer in nature’s ability to support the health of the human body. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
The Delights of Vegetable Mixes
Late summer, with the high country edging into the often stifling heat and humidity of Dog Days, finds mountain gardens at their peak of productivity. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
Eat Taters
As a lad growing up in the heart of the Smokies, I took just as much joy in spring as did the adults. It was a time of trout fishing, food such as branch lettuce, ramps from nature’s sprawling garden, and the annual ritual of putting in a garden. Read more
Jun 1, 2022
Gifts from the Gardening Gods
Every gardener, whether of the minimalist pots and raised beds on the patio clan or of the full-blown frustrated farmer of the half-acre patch persuasion, knows that their labor produces distinctive rewards that satisfy, in terms of tastiness. Read more
Apr 1, 2022
Traditional Mountain Drinks
In its widest sense, writing about food means embracing liquid nourishment and celebratory drinks. So, let’s celebrate traditional mountain beverages meant to warm the inner man, lift the spirits, and in some cases, “lighten one’s load.” Read more
Feb 1, 2022
