Appalachian Cuisine

A Chef Shares W.Va. Memories And Visiting A Cat Cafe, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, The chef of an award-winning Asheville restaurant says he was shaped by memories of growing up in West Virginia. The Seeing Hand Association brings together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. And a West Virginia community grapples with its population of feral cats.

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Cooking Up Aid For Helene Recovery And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a Mountain State native now based in Asheville returned to his childhood roots, where he found more than a little help from his friends. And we have our Song of the Week.

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Chef Iocovozzi Brings A Taste Of The Philippines To Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina has an eclectic dining scene and one of its “hidden” gems is Neng Jr.’s. It serves elevated Filipino cuisine in a little restaurant that’s tucked away in an alley on Asheville’s artsy West Side. Folkways Reporter Margaret McLeod Leef visited and brings us this story.

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Fish Fry Tradition, Ann Pancake And The Internet, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, can the internet rebuild Appalachia? We ask sci-fi novelist and tech writer Cory Doctorow. Also, fish fries have been a staple in Charleston, West Virginia’s Black community for generations. We learn more about them. And, hop on board the Cass Scenic Railroad for a visit with the people who keep the steam trains running.

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