As June comes to a close, this year’s Foxfire Fellows have returned to the property to put together the Spring/Summer edition of the Foxfire Magazine; however, they also have another goal in mind....
Last year, we released a blog post about how to dye Easter eggs with kitchen staples, like ground turmeric. This year, our Village Weaver, Sharon Grist, took it to a whole new level! She...
Thank you for joining us for week fourof the Foxfire Bake Along! We hope y’all had a relaxing Thanksgiving with safe gatherings and good food. Get ready for your holiday cookie swap with this...
Welcome to week three of bake along! We love seeing all of the wonderful cakes and stack pies y’all have made. No Southern repertoire would be complete without a pound cake recipe. This recipe...
Welcome to Week Two of the Foxfire Bake Along! This fruit stack pie is a variation of an Appalachian classic. Get creative with your fruit flavors, and, if you’re feeling adventurous, make...
Are you keeping up with the latest season of The Great British Bake Off? To celebrate, and get prepared for the holiday season, we invite you to bake along with us, Appalachian style! Every Friday...
“Half-moon” pies, more commonly called hand pies, are a very popular Appalachian dessert. They are made by cooking down a fruit filling, often berries or apples, and encasing them in...
Making your own clay is a very simple process. In this post, we are going to use 3 household ingredients: Water, Baking Soda, and Cornstarch, to make an easy clay recipe that you can use to form...
Foxfire’s mission is to preserve and develop the public’s appreciation for Southern Appalachian history – its history, people, and traditions – through artifacts, oral history, and programs that interpret, document and celebrate the region, and fosters self-directed, community-based classroom instruction following the Foxfire Core Practices.