Sean Brock is the chef behind the game-changing restaurants Husk and McCrady’s. This hardback book, his first, shares his inspired recipes. With a drive to preserve the heritage foods of the South, Celebrity chef Sean Brock cooks ingredient-driven dishes that...

Sean Brock is the chef behind the game-changing restaurants Husk and McCrady’s. This hardback book, his first, shares his inspired recipes. With a drive to preserve the heritage foods of the South, Celebrity chef Sean Brock cooks ingredient-driven dishes that...

From springhouse to smokehouse, from hearth to garden, Southern Appalachian foodways are celebrated anew in this revised edition of "The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery." First published in 1984, this paperback classic combines hundreds of unpretentious, delectable recipes with the practical knowledge, wisdom,...

From Appalachia's northernmost reaches in Maine to the shores of Ireland, an American refugee named Lark flees across the Atlantic Ocean to escape a fundamentalist regime that's taken over the United States. Described as "epic" and "riveting," this bold, dystopian novel from...

Melding folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history, this unprecedented guide to Appalachian folk medicine draws extensively from oral histories and archival sources from the 19th century to the present. It provides a complete tour of regional folk treatments plus information on...

This New York times bestseller chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, through the spread of addiction in distressed communities in Central Appalachia, to the current national crisis. This landmark book...

Written amid the uncertainty of a breast cancer diagnosis and the quiet courage of recovery and survivorship, "Ports and Portals" offers an intimate glimpse into the path through illness, healing, and rediscovery as Roanoke, Virginia poet Katryn Broadoak explores how we...

Over several years, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine hiked the 559 miles of the Appalachian Trail that cross Virginia, biked 321 miles along the crest of the Virginia Blue Ridge on beautiful parkways built during the Great Depression, and canoed the...

This lively, illustrated, hardback book—part biography, part life lessons—highlights the very best of the "Dolly Mama," from her quotable Dollyisms to her belief in the human ability to overcome adversity. Drawing from Dolly's autobiographies; cookbooks and songs; books by her...

"More than Moonshine" is more than a cookbook. It evokes a rural way of life in the mid-twentieth century that centered on kitchens; warmth from wood-burning stoves; and family gathered around tables to eat, talk, and enjoy one another’s company....

Since 1972, Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia. In Travels with Foxfire, Phil Hudgins and Jessica Phillips travel from Georgia to the Carolinas, Tennessee to Kentucky, collecting stories. Across more than thirty essays, we discover...

In this tour of Southern foodways, acclaimed Asheville chef Ashleigh Shanti shows how Black cooking means more in the South than we might believe. This queer, Black chef posits that — while hot, buttered cornbread and crunchy, lard-fried chicken have...

In the 1800s, Appalachian farmer and rogue William Prestwood kept salacious coded diaries, leaving his descendent, Jeremy Jones, to reflect on his complicated legacy.    About a century later, a man stumbled upon these hand-sewn notebooks in a house set...

At Biscuit Head, based in Asheville, North Carolina, people line up around the block for the pillowy Classic Cathead Biscuit, mile-high biscuit sandwiches, and addictive sides. Now you can impress your family and friends with the same recipes at home....

North America’s largest native fruit — the pawpaw — has its moment in this unique vinegar, where acids are balanced with pawpaw's signature mango and banana flavors. Pawpaw Vinegar is perfect anywhere you'd use apple cider vinegar. At the bar, it...

Appalachia’s favorite stinky leek is front and center in this delicious vinegar, which carries ramps' unique garlic and onion notes. Ramp Vinegar is perfect anywhere you'd use garlic, onion, or (you guessed it) ramps. It comes from Lindera Farms in Delaplane,...

The only child of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, John Carter Cash shares cherished family recipes and memories about meals shared around the kitchen table with his famous parents. From June's biscuits to Mother Mabelle's tomato gravy, these recipes from...

  In this essential volume, the life of the Man in Black is revealed by his lyrics alongside rare photographs and ephemera.  Johnny Cash was, of course, one of the most beloved and influential country-music stars of all time, having composed...

It’s 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among the dead as the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery. But when his best...

Appalachia’s favorite wild leek is front and center in this delicious hot sauce, which carries ramps' uniquely delicious garlic and onion notes, plus a little heat from green chiles. It comes from Lindera Farms in Delaplane, Virginia, a Garden &...