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Swell Cooking

As a 10-year-old girl, Barbara Swell already had a sense for the meaning of family recipes and the meals they make. A lifetime of collecting and cooking has rendered her a sort of one-woman preservation society for old-fashioned cooking.
Divinity Candy

The Divine Secrets of Syrup and Sugar

It’s a Christmas tradition born from the simplest of ingredients.
Side lesson: “Sorghum is not molasses, although many people will argue with you over that,” says Fred Sauceman. “Molasses is a by-product of the making of sugar, and sugar cane simply will not grow in the mountain South.”

Mother Nature in a Jug

Sorghum, a staple sweetener in Civil War-era America, has been around for a lot longer than that.
Moonshine

Piedmont Distillers Introduces Fruity Moonshine

Flavors include cherry, strawberry and apple pie – a favorite with the ladies, according to NASCAR legend Junior Johnson.
Doc Watson plays the banjo at the 1965 Fincastle (Va.) Bluegrass Festival, among the first multi-day bluegrass festivals in the country.

One of Our Own: Remembering Doc Watson

There is perhaps no musician more treasured in these mountains than Arthel “Doc” Watson, who died in May at the age of 89, and whose music and spirit will live on for many years to come, here and all over the world.
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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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