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The lunch ladies were my first role models in social justice.
Nothing illustrates the invention of Appalachia better than Dollywood.
Giovanni’s poetry and Weeks’ food entwined that night. They were invitations to let go of what we’d done before and go…
Lora Smith explores how changes in the grocery aisle reflect changes in the broader Appalachian community of…
I’ve long believed in the alchemical properties of Jell-O, a powder made from ligament and bone.
The mood-altering substance Popcorn Sutton peddled was not so much ethanol as an ersatz nostalgia.
An interview with Sean Brock, who earned his James Beard Award at the helm of McCrady’s in Charleston, South Carolina,…
This piece originally appeared in issue #51 of our Gravy quarterly. The author, Sheri Castle, is a native of Watauga…
In February of 1970, a full-page paid advertisement appeared in newspapers across Eastern Kentucky. “Beauty is a…