Inspired by the Italian dish “risi e bisi,” Sheri Castle’s creamy rice and garden peas in Parmesan broth shows just how impressive and comforting a simple rice dish can be.

Sheri Castle visits Lee’s One Fortune Farm to see how husband-and-wife farming duo Chue and Tou Lee grow heirloom rice in the mountains.

Sheri Castle shares a tip on how to select the perfect rice for a recipe.

Fresh blueberries prove a sweet success when Sheri Castle shows us how to use them in her parfaits with pistachio crumble.

Sheri Castle’s recipe for granola porridge with warm maple cream is as easy as it is decadent. A big scoop of nutty granola adds a welcome crunch, and the warm maple cream is the perfect topper.

Sheri Castle joins Johnny Burleson of Old Orchard Creek Farm to bake a classic blueberry pie. This timeless dessert is made from a handwritten recipe by Swansie Shepherd, a member of the family who once lived on the land and planted the blueberry bushes.

Sheri Castle heads to Old Orchard Creek Farm in Lansing, NC, where she picks delicious blueberries with owners Walter Clark and Johnny Burleson.

Food writer Sheri Castle shares a helpful hint about freezing fresh blueberries.

Sheri Castle heads to Old Orchard Creek Farm in Lansing, NC, to find fresh blueberries. She picks blue beauties with owners Walter Clark and Johnny Burleson and helps make a farmhouse blueberry pie. She shows us how to make blueberry parfaits with pistachio crumble and granola porridge with warm maple cream, and offers a hint about washing and freezing fresh blueberries.

Food writer Sheri Castle joins Allan and Sharon Benton in the kitchen to make Sharon’s two-ingredient biscuits and Allan’s renowned red-eye gravy.

Sheri serves up a delicious country ham salad that is full of flavor. Her take on this old recipe is the perfect way to use up the last trimmings of a whole country ham that’s delicious all the way to the bone.

Food writer Sheri Castle shares an easy recipe for a gorgeous country ham, fresh peach and lemony ricotta salad. This showstopper dish looks impressive, but you’ll be ready to whisk it to the table in just a few minutes.

Food writer Sheri Castle heads to Madisonville, Tennessee, to visit the King of Country Ham, Allan Benton. He shows Sheri a few secrets on how he makes his legendary Smoky Mountain hams and bacon.

Food writer Sheri Castle shares a hint for using all the parts of a whole country ham.

Sheri creates a country ham salad and a peach and lemony ricotta salad. She heads to Madisonville, Tennessee, to meet Allan Benton, the King of Country Ham, who shares secrets about his legendary Smoky Mountain hams and bacon. Allan and his wife, Sharon, make two-ingredient biscuits and red-eye gravy, and Sheri gives a tip on using all the parts of a country ham.

The fish takes center stage in Sheri’s simple, but flavor packed Hot Smoked Trout and Potato Soup recipe.

Sheri Castle cooks with rising star chef Cleophus Hethington to make a whole trout dish that is as beautiful as it is tasty.

Sheri Castle shares a helpful hint on how to safely store fresh fish at home.

Sheri Castle learns how Sunburst Trout Company of Waynesville, NC, gets their tasty fish from their farm to your table. She heads to the kitchen and makes a smoked trout and potato soup as well as cornmeal-crusted trout with a creamed corn and tomato relish. Chef Cleophus Hethington joins her to make a beautiful whole trout dish, and then Sheri shows how to safely store fresh fish at home.

We harken back to Sheri Castle’s childhood with mouthwatering cornmeal-crusted trout fillets and creamed corn and tomato relish.