This flavorful, no-fuss fall side will become a new family favorite.
RECIPES
Side Dish Stars: 4 Recipes for Your Holiday Spread
These recipes do more than play second fiddle to the turkey: Prepare them with North Carolina-grown ingredients like squash, apples, and sausage for a holiday spread that sings.
Fried Pork Chops With Onion Gravy
Seared pork chops cloaked in silky gravy offer warming comfort on a cold evening, and this dish comes together in just 30 minutes.
Buttermilk Cornbread with Sorghum Butter
Sweet, melted sorghum butter is irresistible on piping-hot skillet cornbread.
“Killed” Lettuce
In this Appalachian recipe, fresh lettuce is tossed with hot bacon grease, vinegar, and green onions, causing the lettuce to wilt and “killing” it.
Apple Dumplings
These Granny Smith apples are wrapped in a buttery dough, baked in a cinnamon-brown sugar syrup, and topped off with vanilla ice cream.
Flavors of Appalachia: 4 Mountain Recipes
Generations of mountain cooks have made the most of ingredients sourced from their own backyards. Their recipes comfort and sustain us — in western North Carolina and beyond.
7 Perfect Pumpkin Recipes to Try This Fall
From pumpkin biscuits with orange-honey butter to a zesty pumpkin soup, savor the season of spice with these delicious dishes.
8 Home Canning Recipes from the Our State Archives
From a 1951 recipe for watermelon rind pickles to a contemporary chowchow, these preserves are timeless — and delicious.
