Food & Flavors

CURRENT Food & Flavors

Wineberries with the morning dew glistening on them.

June’s Wild Edible: Wineberries

The scarlet red glistening jewels are especially dazzling on an early summer morning before the morning dew disappears.
Cleavers growing in the author’s backyard.

July’s Wild Edible: Cleavers

With their sticky leaves and stems, cleavers come by their names honestly and are one of the more interesting plants that dwell in our region.
Brad Shepherd and Daryl Royse opened Whitesburg’s Heritage Kitchen in 2015.

Flavors: Gravy after the Flood, Depression-Era Chili

Superlatives for Eastern Kentucky cuisine include the Heritage Kitchen’s heroics in the face of flooding, Tommy’s five-generation chili and Baker Farm’s world-class tomatoes.
Wild onions growing in the author’s Botetourt County, Virginia front yard.

April’s Wild Edible: Wild Onions

Wild onions may start to appear as early as January but become much more prevalent come April.
Nani’s was the first Cuban restaurant to open in Blairsville, Georgia. Among the specialties are ropa vieja, black beans and yellow rice.

Rich Caribbean Flavors: ‘The Love of Family and Food’

These words from the Rum Cake Lady’s postcard speak of the strong Cuban connections alive and flavorful in northern Georgia.

Departments

Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

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