The Key Ingredient

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.

Sheri Castle learns about the modern way Sunburst Trout Company farms their delicious fish and gets it to your table.

Sheri Castle shows the freshest way to procure this beautiful berry. She tours the McAdams Farm in Efland, NC, and gets a visit from “Farmer Strawberry.” In the kitchen, she shares recipes for strawberry tiramisu trifles and an ice-box salad perfect for your next potluck, while baker Brian Noyes makes a strawberry buckle. Sheri gives a helpful hint about keeping strawberries fresh in storage.

Sheri Castle visits the McAdams Farm in Elfand and gets a VIP tour and a special visit from “Farmer Strawberry” himself.

Sheri Castle joins acclaimed baker Brian Noyes in the kitchen to bake a charming, old-fashioned strawberry buckle.

Sheri Castle shares a hint about the best way to keep strawberries fresh in storage.

Sheri Castle whips up a fresh strawberry and pretzel icebox salad that will be a fan favorite at your next potluck. Her spin on this retro dish is one of the easiest, prettiest and most refreshing strawberry desserts around.