By Chef Matthew Welsch – Executive Chef West Virginia State Parks and Resorts
As the nights grow long, there’s less and less sun to warm our bones. The cold can creep into not just our bodies, but our very souls. There’s no better time, friends, than to get into the kitchen. Cook for your family, and you warm your home twice. The holiday season is especially poignant in Appalachia. After all, we shine the most when we come together. Whether it be to complete a job, raise a barn, juggle childcare, put in the garden, put up hay, or just to get through the day. Coming together is what we do best. So joining one another for the holidays stokes a hearth to carry us through the longest, darkest, and coldest nights.
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