Chef Shelley Cooper on Appalachian Foods, Fred Sauceman remembering St. John’s Mill of Watauga, TN, & Mile High Balogna Pie with Mary “Dee Dee’ Constantine

A visit with Chef Shelly Cooper, Executive Chef at the Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro, in Townsend, Tennessee. Her growing up, feelings on Appalachian Foods, and Shelley’s feelings on the use of the word Edamame in the American South.
For his “Potluck Radio” series, Fred Sauceman recalls a Tennessee treasure, St. John Milling Company, and recounts its remarkable history through the voice of the late George St. John.
The Happily retired Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine has a fun segment on Lebanon balongna and a recipe for “Mile High Balogna Pie”.