10 Appalachian Foods That Everyone Should Try Once

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10 Appalachian Foods That Everyone Should Try Once By Chelsea Falin Oct. 30, 2025 6:19 pm EST

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Appalachia is a mountainous region stretching across the Eastern United States, including all of West Virginia and parts of twelve other states. These other states include Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The area is so special because it's biologically diverse and notably still "wild" in a United States that's now largely been deforested and built upon. Hearing the word "Appalachia" is likely to bring to mind mountains, forested expanses, coal mines, country music, and a determined, hearty people. What may not immediately come to mind