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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
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
The Delight of Fruit Salads
Mountain folks have long cherished fruit salads whether made from fresh fruits or those preserved by drying, canning or freezing. Apples have always held pride of place when it comes to such culinary offerings. Read more
Nov 25, 2023
A Layering of Flavor
William Dissen is renowned as chef and culinary diplomat, restauranteur, author and early pioneer of the farm-to-table and ocean sustainability movements in Southeastern Appalachia. Read more
Nov 25, 2023
Sponsored: Discovering the Culinary Excellence of The Appalachian in Historic Downtown Sevierville
Nestled within the heart of Sevierville’s Historic District, and just around the corner from the well-known Dolly Parton statue, lies a hidden culinary gem and a true ode to farm-to-table dining. Read more
Nov 1, 2023
The Bounty of Black Walnuts
Historically two wild nuts have held pride of place in mountain folkways—the American chestnut and black walnuts. Sadly, the former belongs to a world we have lost as the result of ravages of a virulent blight early in the 20th century. Read more
Oct 1, 2023