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Comfort Food Pakalachian Style
What do you get when an ethnic Pakistani man runs into a young Appalachian woman on a crowded college town street? Read more
Holiday Fruit has Deep Roots
“Back during the Depression we saw an orange about once a year,” recalled Chet Atkins. That once a year was likely to be Christmas time, and that orange was such a rarity it most often ended up as a gift tucked in the toe of a stocking. Read more
Dec 1, 2019
Bruce Ingram photo
Comfort Food Pakalachian Style
What do you get when an ethnic Pakistani man runs into a young Appalachian woman on a crowded college town street? Read more
Dec 1, 2019
Choking Your Biscuit Out Just Right
Dwight Yoakam’s grandmother kept her bacon grease in a small brown ceramic pitcher. She kept her flour, already sifted, in a big green porcelain pan that, when she wasn’t using it, sat in the bottom of an old, wooden Hoosier cabinet in her kitchen. Read more
Oct 1, 2019
Good Food Equals Love and Strength
Food has a way of taking the sting out of tragic events and helping the community bond in love and strength. That’s what happened after deadly fires spread through Gatlinburg in November, 2016. Read more
Oct 1, 2019
Summer’s End Means Sorghum
As cool air slowly creeps in and the leaves begin to change, it can only mean one thing—it’s sorghum making time in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Read more
Oct 1, 2019
Jill Sauceman photo
Stack ‘Em Up and Eat ‘Em
Stack cake is the ultimate mountaineers’ dessert—a not too sweet, but satisfying and completely flavored dessert made of 4-6 thin layers of molasses-tinged, biscuit-like cake covered with a dark, rich dried apple puree. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION & TOURISM
Traditions of the South: Peach Cobbler
In South Carolina, peach cobbler truly is a Southern specialty. From the locally sourced peaches to the homemade batter, it will have your mouth watering. Read more
Jun 5, 2019
