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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.

April’s Wild Edible: Wild Onions

Wild onions may start to appear as early as January but become much more prevalent come April.

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.

May’s Wild Edible: Red Mulberry

Is the red mulberry the last spring flora to produce fruit or the first summer one?

March’s Wild Edible: Brown Cup Mushrooms

The brown cup mushroom is an important harbinger of spring.

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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.
Wild red mulberries growing along a Botetourt County, Virginia backroad.

May’s Wild Edible: Red Mulberry

Is the red mulberry the last spring flora to produce fruit or the first summer one?
Brown cup mushrooms growing in a Botetourt County, VA woodlot.

March’s Wild Edible: Brown Cup Mushrooms

The brown cup mushroom is an important harbinger of spring.
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Even Closer to Almost Heaven

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A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

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