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By Chuck Shuford

With Persimmons, Patience Pays Sweetly

Chuck Shuford · Oct 29, 2014

The lowly persimmon: underestimated, slandered, mysterious. The platypus of fruits, persimmons walk a fine line between delicious and caustic. Chuck Shuford reveals that the berry's secret ingredient is timing.

Structural Cavities in Rural Dental Health

Chuck Shuford · Mar 26, 2012

On the whole, the nation's oral health has improved dramatically, but a shortage of dentists, lack of fluoridation, and poverty have put rural citizens at a dental disadvantage.

Remembering Cas Walker

Chuck Shuford · Sep 5, 2011

Cas Walker -- one of a kind.

Energy

How Do You Kill a Mountain?

Chuck Shuford · Jan 14, 2010

A compendium of photographs, facts, commentary, and history makes the case for abolishing mountain-top-removal mining of coal.

Beyond Coal

What Happens When You Don’t Own the Land

Chuck Shuford · Jul 3, 2009

There have been plenty of theories about the causes of poverty in Appalachia. But too little time has been spent discussing the region's wealth and who owns it.

Arts and Culture

Marty Stuart Beats It Back to the Dirt Road

Chuck Shuford · Jul 25, 2008

The guy from Philadelphia, Mississippi, appreciates country music as well as he plays it. Chuck Shuford catches up with Marty Stuart.

Arts and Culture

On WDVX, the Barndance Comes to Town

Chuck Shuford · Jul 23, 2008

For all its country music history, Knoxville might have been "Music City U.S.A." And now with the Blue Plate Special, broadcast live, it's tugging at the title again.

Arts and Culture

Tom Dula: The Murder That Sold 10,000 Guitars

Chuck Shuford · Apr 24, 2008

Tom Dula was hanged for murder 140 years ago. His guilt may be a matter of debate, but his legend -- and the song that cemented it -- are indisputable.

Food

What Happened to Poor Man’s Paté

Chuck Shuford · Nov 6, 2007

Livermush may be "the world's most perfect food," so why are there only five commercial producers left -- all of them in North Carolina? Chuck Shuford explains "everything but the squeal."

Food

What Happened to Poor Man’s Pate?

Chuck Shuford · Oct 9, 2007

Livermush may be "the world's most perfect food," so why are there only five commercial producers left -- all of them in North Carolina? Chuck Shuford explains "everything but the squeal."

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