Category: Food industry

Pure Sugar Stick Candy has Sweetened Many an Appalachian Christmas

While the twin cities of Bristol have come to be known for racing & country music, their candy-making history shouldn’t be overlooked.

One day an old woman wanted to bake some biscuits but she needed some sody. She sent the little boy to the store to buy some sody sallyraytus.

Fred Sauceman has gathered a collection of stories that provide an accurate portrayal of the reverence of a good meal in the region.

Geatz’s Restaurant in Cumberland MD has been in the family since 1880, making it the oldest family owned place of its kind in MD.

In 1929 Harland Sanders finally found his life’s calling. That was the year he moved to Corbin, KY & opened a gas station.

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