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Stirring the Pot: The Appalachian Grandmothers Racing to Save Their Family's Food Soul 21
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Stirring the Pot: The Appalachian Grandmothers Racing to Save Their Family's Food Soul

In kitchens tucked into the hollows and ridge-top communities of the Southern Appalachians, a quiet, urgent kind of preservation work is happening one recipe at a time. Meet the women who are refusing to let their families' culinary heritage disappear into a world of convenience food and fading memory.