Season 8, Episode 3. 1/16/2021
Today we are setting the table in the kitchen with my guest Bailey Foster. She is a Knoxville native and Founder of Real Good Kitchen, a food incubator in Knoxville, Tennessee. Their motto is “Make Change Through Food.” In short, this new place provides the space and resources food entrepreneurs need. There are many roadblocks to starting and maintaining a small food business, and this place helps offset those by working collaboratively. And in this challenging time, we are all going through, this place is a breath of fresh air for our community. This small business is in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign, they have almost reached their goal, and it is my hope that by sharing this story, we can help them achieve their goal. We also get to hear a segment on the happily retired former food writer for the Knoxville news sentinel - Mary Dee Dee Constantine with a soul food recipe on how to prepare Pig’s Feet and Pork Neck Bones by way of Mary Breedlove of Morristown, TN. I don’t know about your circumstances listening in here today, but, for a good long while now, I have been searching and cooking recipes that fill up my family’s bellies, give us nutritional value, are tasty, and most of all, affordable. So, I thought this would be an excellent story to feature in this ole cold month of January in this pandemic and all. Hope it helps.
On Fred Sauceman’s Pot Luck Radio series, a feature on Frederick Pal Barger - Founder of Pal’s Sudden Service award-winning regional fast-food chain. Sadly, Pal Barger passed away in October of 2020 at the age of 90, having opened the first Pal’s restaurant bearing his nickname in downtown Kingsport, Tennessee, in 1956. If you may not be familiar with Pal’s…Pal’s is a beloved hot dog, hamburger, fries, and shake establishment in the North-East portion of the State of Tennessee known for it’s colorfully painted buildings and fiberglass hamburger, hotdog, and Milkshake cup sitting atop several Pals’ establishments.
Links:
Real Good Kitchen: https://therealgoodkitchen.com/
Pal’s: https://palsweb.com/
Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman
Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine:https://twitter.com/skilletsister?lang=en
Blount County Beekeepers Association: https://blountbees.wordpress.com/ Blount County Beekeeper Association Beginners course: https://blountbees.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/bcba-short-course-2021.pdf
Pictured in Real Good Kitchen is Founder of Real Good Kitchen Bailey Foster. Photo: Amy Campbell.
Frederick Pal Barger at his desk at Pal’s World Headquarters. Photo: Fred Sauceman
Pal’s original location, Kingsport, TN. Photo: http://skycity2.blogspot.com
A brightly painted Pals’ along with the fiberglass foods referenced in the podcast as seen on this Pal’s sudden service location. Photo: http://skycity2.blogspot.com