appalachian region, southern

Presents more than one hundred traditional and contemporary southern Appalachian recipes, including breakfast; appetizers; soups and salads; vegetables and beans; breads, muffins, rolls, and biscuits; meats, fish, and seafood; desserts, cookies, cakes, and tea cakes; and beverages.

A celebration of Appalachian farm life, providing information about wild plant uses, beekeeping, farm animals, herbal remedies, gardening, and fishing; and including stories and anecdotes from Appalachian community members.

Presents retellings of eighteen folk tales from the mountain country of North Carolina, featuring Jack, an Americanized version of the fairy tale hero.

Included in this collection are 94 tall tales, poignant reminiscences, and family stories--some going back to the Civil War days.

Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, ground hog kilns to face jugs, churns, and roosters; mule swapping and chicken fighting.

On cover: Ministers, church members, revivals, baptisms, shaped-note and gospel singing, faith healing, camp meetings, footwashing, snake handling, and other traditions of mountain religious heritage.

The author tells how she and her family relocated to southern Appalachia from Arizona in order to live a simpler life, grow their own food, and live among a community of local organic growers.