Kentucky native Sydney Saylor Farr produces a cookbook and a narrative that recounts the way of life of southern Appalachia from the 1940s to 1983. It evokes the powerful link between food and a sense of place.

Sidney Saylor Farr (1932?2011) was a special collections librarian at Berea College in Kentucky, and also the editor of Appalachian Heritage from 1985 to 1999. Her writing appeared in Mountain Life & Work, Appalachian Journal, Organic Gardening, and other publications.