The food and stories in Ronni Lundy’s book “Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes” affirm the region’s past and present in vivid color. I recently made Ronni Lundy’s creamy pea and ham soup ...

If you think Appalachian food is all biscuits and vibes, you’re only half right. These dishes didn’t come from trend cycles ...

American novelist Barbara Kingsolver wrote, in her book Animal Dreams, “If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet ...

I have lived my whole life in the South, and I come from a long line of Southerners – my mama was raised in Alabama and my dad in North Carolina. Consequently, I have a soft spot in my heart for the ...

About a year ago, Ashleigh Shanti was trying to imagine her future in the culinary industry. A search was necessary. Shanti planned a meandering road trip hoping to feel a natural draw to the next ...

Brock still talks about being a country boy who wants to preach the gospel, but now he acknowledges that he has a platform he never imagined having access to. And he intends to use it: he’s traveling ...

When you hear the term “Appalachian cooking,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If your answer is scrappy, down-home country fare, heavy on southern influence (maybe with a squirrel thrown in ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The door to the log cabin kept opening and closing. Ashley English walked in first. Her 2-year-old toddler was a mad man, said the harried mother of two, shutting the door behind her ...

If you live in the South, you love history and you’ve been to a church supper or a family reunion, you need the revised edition of “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery.” Do you remember the ...

BRASSTOWN, N.C. — Jack Smoot carefully pulled his handcrafted dulcimer out of its soft velvet, purple case and began to pluck away. “’Tis the gift to be simple. ‘Tis the gift to be free,” he sang. A ...