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  • 'Refined and Approachable' Appalachian Cuisine

    'Refined & Approachable' Appalachian Cuisine

    Jeff Carter, executive chef at Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro, located on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Townsend, Tennessee, combines old world techniques with local ingredients to deliver modern, approachable cuisine. Read more

    Oct 1, 2023

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  • Bounty of Black Walnuts

    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

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  • East Tennessee Pizza

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    Hands from Around the World Toss East Tennessee Pizza

    Cooks at Greg’s Pizza in Johnson City, Tennessee, do their work behind a fortress of cardboard boxes. It’s a carry-out business and always has been. The only seats in the place are for waiting. There are no tables. Read more

    Jul 30, 2023

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  • Makin's from melons

    Makin's from Melons

    An enduring, endearing memory from my boyhood is a vision of Grandpa Joe trudging, bent with his burden, up a well-beaten path along the highway as he made his way from the little town of Bryson City homeward to his tiny farm. Read more

    Jul 30, 2023

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    Georgia’s Farm-to-Table Capital

    Rabun County's restaurants and chefs work hand-in-hand with area farmers and producers to create culinary works of art, based on the wonderful, fresh ingredients that are available in this special location. Read more

    Jun 1, 2023

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  • The Goodness of Green Beans

    The Goodness of Green Beans

    Just as pork reigns supreme as the “meat of the mountains” and cornmeal holds pride of place when it comes to bread as a basic staple of life, green beans have to be reckoned as the vegetable identified with traditional mountain foodways. Read more

    May 29, 2023

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  • Ashleigh Shanti

    Easy Collard Recipes

    Nothing screams home to me like a big pot of collards simmering in potlikker with a smoky ham hock. While stewing has always been my go-to treatment for collards, these cruciferous delights are much more versatile than most folks know. Read more

    Apr 1, 2023

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  • Leafy Love Letter

    Leafy Love Letter

    Collards, I’m talking about you. You’re like a mild winter, but you’re not necessarily subtropical. On that note, you’re not African, but Eurasian. Read more

    Apr 1, 2023

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