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 ...

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.

New England has a long-standing love affair with maple syrup, but below the Mason-Dixon Line, it’s all about sorghum syrup. Made by boiling down the juice from sorghum cane stalks, the golden liquid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Leave it to Reese Witherspoon to dream up a cocktail that’s equal parts Southern charm and sophistication. Inspired by a standout old-fashioned she once had at The Mockingbird in Nashville (alongside ...

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.