Recipes featured in this video and in the December issue are from Kitchen Keepsakes from the Owen Family. While the cookbook is out of print, you can find recipes for Old-Fashioned Stack Cake with Dried Apple Filling, Sweet Cinnamon Biscuits, and Corn Fritters in the “Good Food” section of the magazine.
Video produced exclusively for Our State magazine by Andy Busam.
Split-rail fences don’t shout “keep out.” They lean, they shift, they invite. And in western North Carolina, they remind us that some lines are meant to hold, not harden.
Each May, spring climbs nearly 3,000 feet to the seat of Alleghany County. Here, as the rhododendrons blush, a beloved mountain town welcomes visitors with its food, art, and flourish of color and creativity.
Brief but delicious, soft-shell crab season is cherished by diners as well as the folks who work around the clock to put these native pinchers on our plates.
When it comes to poultry, the best is raised close to home.
