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Nestled in the blue mists of Tennessee's Smoky Mountains, the 10,000-acre bucolic refuge of Blackberry Farm houses a top-rated small inn with one of the premier farm-to-table restaurants in the country.  This sumptuous cookbook offers a collection of recipes that are as inspired by the traditional rustic cooking of the mountainous south as they are by a fresh, contemporary, artistic sensibility. Some of the dishes are robust, others are astonishingly light, all are full of heart and surprise and flavor — and all are well within the reach of the home cook.

California has the French Laundry, Virginia has the Inn at Little Washington, and Tennessee has Blackberry Farm, where the indulgences of a luxury inn are woven together with odes to nature —  fly-fishing, hiking, foraging, bird watching, and heirloom gardening —  to create a new way of looking at the world, a way in which anything seems possible.

This is particularly true at the Inn's table and in its award-winning wine cellar. To the farm's master gardeners, food artisans and chefs, meals are an opportunity to express not only the earth and the culture of this remote spot, but also its spirit. On a spring day this might mean Rye Whiskey-Cured Trout with Fresh and Pickled Fennel, and the summer garden might inspire a Chilled Corn Soup with Garlic Custard, a papardelle of baby carrots, or a tomato terrine. In the cooler weather, game and traditionally preserved food —  cider-basted venison, a shell-bean and gamebird cassoulet, a dried apple stack cake or  Bourbon Apple Fried Pies —  keep conversation in front of the fire lively. For all its artfulness, however, Blackberry Farm's garden-to-table cooking tends to be an ode to a well-loved cast iron skillet, a backyard smoker or a wood-fired grill.

In the foothills, you don't eat to eat, you eat to talk, to remember and to imagine what you will eat tomorrow. In this book, the stories of the people who practice the traditional mountain food arts —  the bacon man, the heirloom gardener, the cheese maker and sausage man —  are woven together with the recipes, lore and regional history to reflect the spirit of the cooking at Blackberry Farm. Breathtaking photographs capture the magical world that surrounds the table —  the hills and rushing creeks, the lights and shadows of the forest, the moods and moments of the garden.Amazon.com Review
From The Blackberry Farm Cookbook: Fig Tart

Fig jam intensifies the fruit flavor in this tart. We make our own jam, but high-quality commercial versions work nicely as well. We like the free-form shape and rustic feel of the tart and have shaped them smaller to make individual tarts and larger to feed a crowd. Whipped cream, slightly sweetened, is a nice addition.--Sam Beall

Ingredients

• 1/2 recipe basic pastry (recipe below)
• 1/4 cup fig jam
• 1 pound fresh figs, stemmed and halved lengthwise
• 1/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons milk

(Makes eight servings)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly butter a baking sheet and set it aside.

2. Divide the pastry in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece of dough into a 9-inch circle. Place the pastry on the prepared baking sheet; overlapping the two circles a little on one side is okay as the edges will be folded in later. Spread 2 tablespoons of jam evenly over each piece of pastry, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border. Arrange the figs over the jam. Cover the tarts with plastic wrap and set them aside.

3. In a small saucepan, cook 1/3 cup of the sugar over medium-high heat without stirring until it melts and turns amber in color. Remove the pan from the heat and carefully stir in the cream and butter, stirring until the mixture is smooth. Brush the tops of the figs with the caramel mixture. Fold the edge of the pastry over the outer edge of the figs, pleating the dough to hold it in place.

4. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and milk. Brush the edges of the pastry with the egg mixture and then sprinkle with the remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar. Bake for about 25 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown and the figs are just tender. Serve warm or at room temperature, cut into generous wedges.

Basic Pastry

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup plus 1 to 3 tablespoons ice water
• 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

(Makes pastry for two 9- or 10-inch pie shells or one double-crust 9-inch pie)

1. Place the flour and salt in a food processor and pulse to combine. Add the shortening and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Transfer to a medium bowl and set aside.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, 1/3 cup of the ice water, and the vinegar. Pour the egg mixture over the flour mixture and stir with a fork just until the dough comes together. If the dough is too dry, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.

3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently into a ball. Divide the ball in half and flatten each piece into a disk about 1 inch thick. Wrap each disk in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 3 days; the dough can also be frozen for up to 6 months and defrosted overnight in the refrigerator prior to using.

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Customer Reviews (8)

Blackberry Farm
This book is an absolute beauty, and makes me want to visit Blackberry Farm.What a great philosophy towards food and life!The only recipe I've used so far is for their Blackberry Vinegar, which I used to buy at Williams-Sonoma to make a reduction sauce for Pork Tenderloin with, and they discontinued.It was by far the simplest recipe for Blackberry Vinegar I've found, and worked perfectly.Can't wait to dig more deeply into the recipes in this gorgeous book.

Blackberry Farm - Inspired
I have purchased multiple copies of this cookbook.My first I purchased after hearing the author speak.Sam Beall is very passionate about the concept of from farm to table and this cookbook absolutely exemplifies this philosophy.Since hearing Sam Beall speak I have purchased this cookbook for friends and family.The cookbook not only contains wonderful recipes but the most breathtaking photographs of Blackberry Farm.This cookbook is absolutely inspired.

Inspiring and Interesting
I received this as a gift and really like it.It is so much more than your typical cookbook!Aside from it being full of recipes that I am excited to start trying, it is a pleasure to read about Tennessee and the history of Blackberry Farm and the locals who contribute to it's mystique.To top it off, the photos were beautiful- both of the food and the farm!

Sam Beall is clearly passionate about food, his family and their home.Impressively, the 9,000 acre farm supplies most all of the food that is used at the inn, all year long.I'm inspired to take advantage of the local fare near me.

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If you have ever had the pleasure of visiting Blackberry Farm... this book transports you
back again... If you haven't been there you may just head to the phone or computer
to book a trip... a truly magical place

The Blackberry Farm Cookbook
The book is written beautifully and the photography is
gorgeous. The recipes are not exactly for the basic home
chef but very interesting reading. It is definitely a coffee table book
at our home.
I live very near Blackberry Farm and it is truly an
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Great Tunes - Not Quality Product
Admittedly, I do not have the MelBay version of the songbook, but I do have another publisher's version.My quarrel with the book is the poor quality of the print.The book I have is clearly a collection of reprographic copies, most of which are not clear and clean.The tunes are fabulous and quite an extensive collection.They're all great tunes, and I think this is an excellent collection.I just caution buyer's to make sure the quality of the print is up to par.

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This collection of melodies - 'airs' and dances - will take a life time's exploration and the joy of playing familiar and personally unheard of pieces. The book takes us back way before Francis
O'Neill. back into Ireland before the Great Hunger and into the amazing soul of our people. I espcially liked the collection of O'Carolan melodies. Thank you Amazon and Mel Bay Publications!

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What can I say? Chicago police chief Francis O'Neill collected these tunes in the late part of the 19th century. We can have it on our shelves today. Over a thousand tunes from the Irish tradition. Essential book on the shelf for any Irish musician for reference, reminding or discovering new tunes.

The Bible Of Irish Folk Music
The ultimate book when it comes to Irish folk music and amazon.com is one of the few places that stock the full edition not the revised ed. which has many cuts

The Essential Irish Tune Book
Look no further. Of all the Irish tune books, this is the one to get. It goes by many names, "O'Neill's", the "big O'Neill's", the "1850", and the "yellow book".Like the Fiddler's Fakebook, I am on my second "yellow book", having worn out the first till the pages came out. This collection contains most if not all of the Irish tunes you will hear being played, and manyhundreds more you will want to play.

I find it indispensable for several reasons -

It's a reference - when I hear an Irish tune that I like on an album or in concert or a jam session, I look it up in the "yellow book" to determine the canonical version. I'll probably end up playing it my way anyway, or the way I hear it played, but I like to at least see the "official" version.

It's a collection - most of the Irish tunes I have come to love and learned to play are here collected in one volume.

Its an exercise book - the "1850" serves as a seeming endless supply of sight reading material, after I have practiced scales and tunes I know.

It's a diamond mine - there are gems in there, just waiting to be learned. Amazing and uncommon tunes lying between the pages waiting for the curious musician to breath life into them. Grab a tune, take it to a session, set it free.

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