While I grew up eating soup beans and cornbread as a weeknight staple, I didn't realize it was what some would call "Appalachian food." It's just what my family ate, but I soon learned that this ...

This week I write to you from the North Woods, smoke filling the air from Canadian wildfires, lakes stretched out between shorelines of white birches, balsams, red pines, and giant boulders. The ...

Chances are, somewhere in the heat of August you have fired up a grill at least a time or two, or even built your own campfire with branches scrounged from nearby woods. If you are bold, you have ...

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, ...

You've heard of Southern comfort food and country cuisine, but mountain cooking may have escaped your notice. Even if it shares similarities with many cultures and cuisines, Appalachian Mountain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tomato, pepper and sausage mélange recipe calls for one or two bell peppers, using different colors for more variety, an onion ...

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 ...

Ronni Lundy knows the stereotypes of Appalachia. She’s heard it all. “Do you wear shoes?” and “Are any of your cousins married?” Still, she proudly claims her stake as part of the hillbilly diaspora, ...

The U.S. boasts an impressive array of regional cuisines, including decadent, seafood-focused New England fare, Southern desserts, and Tex-Mex and Southwestern-inspired dishes. But one region that ...