When chef Josh Feathers was growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother always had a jar of sorghum syrup in the cupboard. But he never gave much thought to it, or its significance to Southern culture.

When chef Josh Feathers was growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother always had a jar of sorghum syrup in the cupboard. But he never gave much thought to it, or its significance to Southern culture.

Today: Maria Speck, author of Simply Ancient Grains, tells us what the heck sorghum is and four ways to cook with it. (Photos: Mark Weinberg) Thanks to our boundless curiosity for all things gluten ...

THE NAME MAY not roll right off the tongue, but don’t let that stand between you and sorghum. The South’s version of maple syrup, sorghum syrup comes from drought-resistant sorghum grass, which ...

With food trucks and music; sample tastings of new No’Lasses and Apple Brandy spirits, plus a cash bar for cocktails (proceeds benefit Abundance North Carolina). Chris Jude had never heard of sorghum ...

If things are getting a little sticky around here it's because this is sorghum harvesting time in Arkansas. On Saturday, the Heritage House Museum in Mount Ida will celebrate all things rich, gooey ...

ABINGDON, Va. — The sweet smell of boiling sorghum syrup was in the air at Fairview Historic Homestead last Friday when members of the Old Glade Antique Tractors Association (OGATA) took turns ...

Carrot cake and cheesecake, walnut bar with coconut sorbet, sorghum syrup butterscotch, toasted quinoa, and micro-cilantro Credit: Julia Thiel Cary Taylor, chef at the Southern, challenged Hot ...

When chef Josh Feathers was growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother always had a jar of sorghum syrup in the cupboard. But he never gave much thought to it, or its significance to Southern culture.

Unless you were raised in the South, sorghum isn't an ingredient you've encountered often -- if at all. A couple of generations ago, sorghum was a staple sweetener in the South. It was cheap, ...

SWEETHEARTS: Doug and Barbara Harrell, pictured at Green Sage Café Westgate, grow and process sorghum on their family farm in Bakersville. They and Green Sage owner Randy Talley are promoting what ...

When chef Josh Feathers was growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother always had a jar of sorghum syrup in the cupboard. But he never gave much thought to it, or its significance to Southern culture.