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The True History of the Tennessee Green Pod Bean A Classic Appalachian Ingredient Sometimes a bean lives a dual life, prospering under two names for decades, just because seed companies like to brand items as their own. Such was the case with the Tennessee Green Pod Bean a.k.a…
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Blackberry Jam Cake Sometimes the association of particular foods with particular places becomes so intense that it becomes emblematic: Maryland Crab…
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Some Tennessee Cookbooks Prior to 1970 numbers of local cooks, church women’s groups, and civic organizations published state or regional cookbooks. The…
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Fish Chowder Many culinary crimes were committed under this general designation. In the coastal eating houses of the American Northeast, those with the…
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Clam Chowder At the turn of the 20th century an old New Yorker, a true born Knickerbocker , bemoaned the state of chowder in Manhattan. “hot greasy…
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ISSUE 60, CHOWDERS, Part 4: Chicken ChowderChicken Chowder According to New England legend, Chicken Chowder was the creation of the female keeper of Atlantic House at Siasconet on the eas…
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Corn Chowder Originally made with “green corn,” that is a dent field corn in the milk stage cut from the cob, corn chowder became a national dish in the…
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Lobster Chowder Chowder is the great forbidden food. It double violates the Old Testament dietary laws found in Leviticus. The mingling of milk and…
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