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 ...

Explore a comforting pot roast recipe inspired by Appalachian cooking traditions. This dish showcases slow cooking techniques and classic flavors found in homemade meals. #AppalachianFood #PotRoast #T ...

September wasn’t an easy month, but we ate well. We almost didn’t because things have been so difficult. At the beginning of the month we were still behind on rent and in serious trouble, but thanks ...

I recently made Ronni Lundy’s creamy pea and ham soup from "Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes" (Photo by Sarah Melotte). Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, ...

As a kid, I delighted in grossing out my elementary school classmates with details of how my lower-income, Middle Tennessee family ate squirrel meat. My grandfather would go out with a hunting rifle ...

Chef William Dissen is an early pioneer of the farm-to-table and ocean sustainability movements in the Appalachia region. West Virginia-born restaurateur and chef William Dissen and his wife Jenny, a ...

Appalachian cuisine is centuries old and created by people who often lived on what they could grow, forage, hunt, and preserve. The Appalachian region spans 13 states, from southern New York to ...

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 ...