Martha Boggs, owner of The Bistro at the Bijou shares a few stories of her raising in Ducktown, Tennessee and her Hoppin' John recipe http://thebistroatthebijou.com/story.html

Mary Constantine, Food writer from The Knoxville News Sentinel shares Lisa Smith's Hoppin' John recipe with us as well.  Lisa Smith owns and operates "Big Fatty's" in the Bearden area of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Bigfattyscatering.com.