Cornbread, sugar, no sugar, and Cornbread Salad

Cornbread, sugar, no sugar, and cornbread salad!

We are setting the table today with cornbread I’ve assembled an all star line up of guests today to talk about this soul satisfying staple.

Karen Shankles was the grand prize champion of the National Cornbread Festival held annually in April in South Pittsburg, TN - she is going to share her recipe with us for Festive Good Luck Corn Bread Skillet.

James Beard Award winning food writer Ronni Lundy lets us know how she makes her skillet cornbread to go along with a pot of soup beans. And she also shares with us what she calls her tao of cornbread.

Food preservationist with deep family ties to the east TN mountains and mountain cooking Shannon Walker lets us know how he makes his cornbread and his thoughts on cast iron cookware and old ways

And Josh Lowans will describe a recipe that his wife Meagan makes and is his family’s go-to recipe for Corn bread salad today.