I’ll be teaching my Mountain Flavors class next week at the Folk School. I’m super excited! I love teaching others about the foodways of Appalachia and I always come away with new friends. My co-teacher Carolyn and I have planned a week full of preserving, cake making, bread making and learning field trips. I wish each of you could be there with us to enjoy it all. Since that’s not possible, I plan to share a peek into each day…
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