Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes

Award-winning cookbook and cultural journey through the foodways of Appalachia and the Mountain South. Blending 80 recipes with essays, stories, photographs, and regional history, Lundy explores the people, places, ingredients, and traditions that shape Appalachian cooking, from salt, beans, corn, and apples to the cooks, farmers, and communities preserving the region’s food culture today. Published by Clarkson Potter in 2016, this deeply researched collection moves beyond stereotype to show Appalachian food as complex, diverse, and alive with memory, labor, and innovation. Warm, literary, and rooted in place, Victuals is a strong pick for readers interested in Southern foodways, regional American cooking, and award-winning culinary storytelling.