The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm: Recipes and Wisdom from Our Artisans, Chefs, and Smoky Mountain Ancestors

288 Pages·2012·32.86 MB·English

by  Sam Beall

Copyright © 2012 by Sam Beall
Photographs copyright © 2012 by beall + thomas photography
All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Beall, Sam.
  The foothills cuisine of Blackberry Farm / Sam Beall. — 1st ed.
      p. cm.
  1. Cooking, American—Southern style. 2. Cooking—Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) I. Blackberry Farm
(Walland, Tenn.) II. Title.
  TX715.2.S68B43 2012
  641.5975—dc23
                                                 2012007956
eISBN: 978-0-7704-3348-2
Cover design by Stephanie Huntwork
Cover photographs by beall + thomas photography
v3.1

To the Blackberry Farm team, particularly the rare group of artisans reflected in
this book who makes anything and everything possible.
To my children, who have “suffered” over the years, never getting to eat anything
normal “like other kids,” while I explored culinary possibilities at their expense.
For that I apologize and also say “you are welcome!”
To our incredible guests, who inspire us to keep getting better. I believe Blackberry
Farm is a unique place in the world and I know that the best is still ahead!
CONTENTS
OUR STORY
FROM OUR KITCHEN TO YOURS
COME GRASS TIME
ARTISANAL CRAFT: CHEESE MAKING
PLANTIN’ TIME
ARTISANAL CRAFT: GARDENING
LAY-BY TIME
HARVEST TIME
ARTISANAL CRAFT: PRESERVING
PUTTIN’-UP TIME
HOG-KILLIN’ TIME
ARTISANAL CRAFT: BUTCHERY AND CHARCUTERIE
HUNTIN’ TIME
RESTIN’ TIME
BASICS
RESOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
[ OUR STORY ]
This book is my heartfelt effort to share the food and rhythms of a very
special place. Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in
East Tennessee, Blackberry Farm and the extraordinary people who live
and work here embody a way of life that has been all but lost. At
Blackberry Farm—one of the most celebrated hotel and culinary
destinations in America—and on these pages, you’ll discover Foothills
Cuisine: a term that is derived from our location, where one ridgeline
separates the country mountain cooking to our south from the haute
cuisine of the city to our north, Knoxville. Our Foothills Cuisine is a
perfect amalgam of these two culinary worlds—a blend of old and new,
rural and urban, rustic and refined. I hope the menus that follow entice
you and inspire you to step into your own kitchen to experience this
melding of tradition with innovation.
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