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Appalachian Cooking with Barbara Swell

Meet American Pioneer Cooking Expert & Folklorist Barbara Swell According to Blue Ridge Hertiage (https://www.blueridgeheritage.com/artist/barbara-swell/), “Barbara Swell credits her grandmother, a West Virginia native, with inspiring her lifelong interest in Appalachian cooking and homemaking traditions.” “She writes that her grandmother taught her how to bake, garden, and can, and “that rum doesn’t count as alcohol if it’s drenching your fruit

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Pie Party with Asheville Cookbook Author Barbara Swell

In our humble opinion few things can beat a great slice of pie. It’s almost a cliche to view home baked pies as the ultimate Southern dessert. Despite being the home state for Krispy Kreme doughnuts – a good “pie party” or pie contest is still beloved by many local WNC bakers and cooks. One such baker is well-known cookbook

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Barbara Swell’s Potato Soup Recipe

Barbara  Swell says, inside her cookbook “Log Cabin Cooking, Pioneer Recipes & Food Lore” ,” We hunt for food at the supermarket and we’re busy with work and play instead of food growing in preserving. But if there’s even a little bit of Pioneer Spirit stealing you take leave of your cookbooks and kitchen gadgets and try your hand with

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Best Local Cookbooks for Summertime Suppers & Snacks

Western North Carolina Cookbooks Come celebrate summer with these wonderful cookbooks about sun-kissed sides, tasty garden suppers and festive pies and desserts! Honesty, who doesn’t love pie in the summer? Below are three great local cookbook authors: Jim Casada, Tipper Pressley and Barbara Swell. We invite come check out the sumptuous recipes they are serving up!

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