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Hiltons, Virginia: Apple Butter, Fried Pies and Sausage Gravy Serve a Higher Cause

This end-of-September Lord’s Acre Sale celebrates the bounty of the fall season in “the buckle of the Fried Pie Belt.”

To Market, to Market: “A Hobby, a Career, a Fourth Child”

Jonesborough Farmers Market co-founder Karen Childress puts global adventures to good use in her “own backyard.”

September’s Wild Edible: Paw Paws

Known for its colorful nicknames such as mountain custard, mountain banana, custard apple, and here’s a new appellation…the hipster banana, I would describe Asimina triloba as tasting something like a cross between a banana and a pineapple.

August’s Wild Edible: Smooth Chanterelles

Smooth chanterelles (Cantharellus lateritius) are characterized by their up to 4-or 5-inch caps with wavy margins and orange to yellow stalks with white flesh inside.

Remembering the Late Pal Barger

His regional hot dog and hamburger empire turns 65 this year.

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Folks line up outside the door for fried pies at the Lord’s Acre sale in Hiltons, Virginia.

Hiltons, Virginia: Apple Butter, Fried Pies and Sausage Gravy Serve a Higher Cause

This end-of-September Lord’s Acre Sale celebrates the bounty of the fall season in “the buckle of the Fried Pie Belt.”
Karen Childress (right) will be a part of the gathering and the freshness as the Jonesborough Farmers Market again welcomes visitors for in-person shopping each Saturday from May through October.

To Market, to Market: “A Hobby, a Career, a Fourth Child”

Jonesborough Farmers Market co-founder Karen Childress puts global adventures to good use in her “own backyard.”
Paw paws don’t last long once they fall to the ground.

September’s Wild Edible: Paw Paws

Known for its colorful nicknames such as mountain custard, mountain banana, custard apple, and here’s a new appellation…the hipster banana, I would describe Asimina triloba as tasting something like a cross between a banana and a pineapple.
Smooth chanterelles add zest to any salad.

August’s Wild Edible: Smooth Chanterelles

Smooth chanterelles (Cantharellus lateritius) are characterized by their up to 4-or 5-inch caps with wavy margins and orange to yellow stalks with white flesh inside.
The hamburgers, hot dogs, fries and shakes that adorn the Pal’s drive-around locations are made by a boat manufacturer in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Remembering the Late Pal Barger

His regional hot dog and hamburger empire turns 65 this year.
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