From Moravian chicken pie and pimento cheese cornbread to chess pie and banana pudding, readers welcomed fall with comforting Southern favorites.
RECIPES
Bacon & Apple Hand Pies With Cinnamon Glaze
Bacon and spice and everything nice, these glazed hand pies use fresh apples and hickory-smoked bacon to pair sweet and savory fall flavors.
Discovering Appalachia
A city girl visited the remote corners of western North Carolina and uncovered a lifestyle — and flavors — that, decades later, she’s never forgotten.
Appalachian Burgoo
In Appalachia, burgoo is often made with venison, squirrel, rabbit, and/or pheasant. For this recipe, we’ve adapted the ingredients to be more widely accessible.
Baked Apple Bread
Fall is the perfect time for apples to be stewed, used in fried hand pies, made into apple butter, or baked into a warm, sweet bread.
Roasted Leek & Potato Soup
This dish is often made with ramps, which have a short growing season in the spring. Leeks are the perfect autumn alternative.
Baked Turnips With Gorgonzola Cream
In North Carolina, turnips are in season from October to December and April to June. They’re known to be an Appalachian comfort food in the winter months.
11 Our State Recipes You Loved in August
From fresh fruit cobblers and cakes to cold, picnic-ready salads, readers relished the summer season with these top recipes.
Spaghetti Squash With Sausage Ragù
Twirl spaghetti squash “pasta” in a meaty, savory ragù for a hearty and warming gluten-free dinner.
