Chef William Dissen is an early pioneer of the farm-to-table and ocean sustainability movements in the Appalachia region. West Virginia-born restaurateur and chef William Dissen and his wife Jenny, a ...

ASHEVILLE - In the latest episode of "Top Chef," the five remaining contestants took a detour from filming in Charlotte and Greenville, South Carolina, to trek to the Appalachian Mountains for a taste ...

I recently made Ronni Lundy’s creamy pea and ham soup from "Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes" (Photo by Sarah Melotte). Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, ...

As a kid, I delighted in grossing out my elementary school classmates with details of how my lower-income, Middle Tennessee family ate squirrel meat. My grandfather would go out with a hunting rifle ...

Appalachian cuisine is centuries old and created by people who often lived on what they could grow, forage, hunt, and preserve. The Appalachian region spans 13 states, from southern New York to ...

Chefs like Sean Brock and Katie Button are embracing and expanding on the region’s cooking, which is far more varied than most people realize. By Jane Black ASHEVILLE, N.C. — If you were wagering on ...