When Erica Abrams Locklear discovered her Appalachian grandmother’s cookbook, she was shocked by what she found. It was filled with recipes for “traditional” mountain foods like apple stack cake and ...

Mark F. Sohn uses his extensive knowledge of cooking to uncover the romantic secrets of Appalachian food, both within and beyond the kitchen. Shedding new light on Appalachia's food, history, and ...

To find food packed with meaning, history, and comfort, look no further than Appalachian cuisine. The traditional dishes of the Appalachian mountains are infused with memories of community gatherings, ...

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 ...

On a cold fall night in Tulsa, I met Bradley Dry over a pot of beans and a hot stove. Dry, a food stylist and freelance chef, was cooking one of his favorite meals: beans and ham, fried corn cakes, ...

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 ...