by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 26, 2020 | Appalachian, Family, Food
Once again, Appalachia is ahead of the curve. You’uns come get some beans and cornbread! Last week, when people began taking this whole coronavirus business more seriously (aka panicking a wee bit), the grocery stores were hit hard. There were the usual...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 9, 2020 | Appalachian, Family, Food
My great-grandmother was on the sustainable eating bandwagon before it was even a thing. Of course, she called it “surviving.” She mostly ate what the family grew, foraged, or hunted. They took what they needed with a little extra to “lay by.”...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 28, 2019 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Memories
I like Thanksgiving almost as much as Easter. It combines gratitude with amazing food and those are two of my favorite things. And Thanksgiving at our family farm has long held a special place in my heart. When I was a kid, Thanksgiving most years centered on my Mom’s...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 24, 2019 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Memories, Nature
The apples have fallen, the pumpkins are getting carved, and the leaves are turning orange and yellow and red. Must be time for the nut harvest! Of course, if we don’t hurry, the critters will beat us to it. Growing up on the farm, we had walnuts, chestnuts, and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 26, 2019 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Memories
We had friends over for supper on Sunday and I didn’t serve bread. It took nerve, I know. Whether you serve biscuits, cornbread, or light bread, there should ALWAYS be bread on an Appalachian table. Maybe because it helped simple ingredients go a long way. Maybe...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 2, 2019 | Food, Nature
I recently read an article suggesting that it’s harder to lose weight today than it was in the 1980s. Yeah. Made me do a double take, too. Here’s the sub-headline: “A new study finds that people today who eat and exercise the same amount as people 20...
