Appalachian food author and Greene County native Fred Sauceman will present a lecture “Dip Dogs, Dr. Enuf, and Beans All the Way: A Gathering around the Appalachian Table” on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Tusculum College.
The lecture is free and open to the public and will begin at 7 p.m. in the Chalmers Conference Center in Niswonger Common on the Greeneville campus of Tusculum College.
Sauceman’s lecture will focus on Appalachian food, its history, origin and traditions, as well as tell the stories of the people behind the food.
Fred Sauceman
Authors and food historians Matt and Ted Lee of Charleston have called Sauceman one of “the most insightful anthropologists of Appalachian folkways.” Food writer Ronni Lundy adds that Fred “has patiently, thoughtfully, and thoroughly recorded the genuine history of a region and its people.”
Greeneville native Sauceman holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from East Tennessee State University. He and his wife, Jill, write regularly for “Blue Ridge Country,” and he is a regular contributor to “Smoky Mountain Living” magazine. He writes a monthly column called “Potluck” for the “Johnson City Press” and appears monthly on WJHL-TV in a segment called “Food with Fred.”
He will debut a new weekly segment on Public Radio called “Potluck Radio.” in November. Sauceman has been named editor of a new book series called “Food and the American South” by Mercer University Press in Macon, Georgia. He has written and edited seven food-related books and has produced seven food-related documentary films. His latest book is “The Proffitts of Ridgewood: An Appalachian Family’s Life in Barbecue.”
Sauceman will have copies of his books for sale and signing. The event is part of the Humanities Lecture Series sponsored by the Tusculum College English Department.