Hi Y’all I’m Joyce!
I live in a barn and cook up a storm. I am not a debutante. I have hot flashes. I garden in red high heels. I like fat rascals, tea, and bourbon. Welcome to Friends Drift Inn!
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April in Appalachia…We be Smoking!
Friends Drift Inn TV Episode 12
Video Link KY BBQ Author Wes Berry Smoking at The Big Red Barn
Video Second Year Anniversary
Video Year One My Story
My Writing in Edible Ohio Valley Winter 2013!
Regional Newspaper Articles by Joyce Pinson
Recent Articles in the Appalachian News Express
- Sorghum Happens! Matt Jamie and Danny Ray Townsend
- Hillbillies and Banana Pudding
- Pear Breeding in Appalachia
- Haints, Banshess and Cowpeas Cathy Rehmeyer
- White Cushaws Sharing the Love
- When life gives you Autumn Olives
- Garlic Who Are You Calling Stinky?
- Cane Ride Cattle Company Wagyu Beef
- Honeysuckle Sweet Tea Recipe
- Buttered Biscuit Bliss with Cruze Dairy Farm
- Abingdon Farmers Market and
Chef Nathan T. Breeding - Frog Gigging and How to Cook Frog Legs Recipe Tips with Chef Jeremy Ashby
- Coal Country Beeworks Tammy Horn and Perry Amos
- Guerilla Cuisine Event Louisville Chef Anthony Lamas
- Top Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia Louisville
- Meet Chef Matt Corbin of Pikeville's Blue Raven
Friends Drift Inn Archives
Food Blog and Garden Communities
About Friends Drift Inn Cyber Retreat
A Baby Boomer in Appalachia Archive
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My Old Kentucky Home 2012
Posted on April 27, 2012 | 1 CommentReflections from the big red barn as we make ready for Kentucky Derby Week -
A Visit to Kitchen Claustrophobic
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 2 CommentsI cannot breath....no really Jonathan and Jenny stole all the air! Giggles -
Yes My Fingernails Are Dirty; No Apologies
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No CommentsBreaking ground; the family spring ritual as we prepare the garden -
In the Eye of the Storm Kentucky Appalachia
Posted on March 8, 2012 | 5 CommentsMine is not to ask why it happened. Mine is to figure out how to heal. -
There’s A Blur on My Bifocals…Oh Wait That’s Life
Posted on February 25, 2012 | 4 CommentsTwo Baby Boomers, Four Chefs, A Professional Photographer, Two food bloggers, Four Restaurants a Snow Storm and Plenty of Luggage....Honey let me tell ya! Giggles -
I’m spread so thin I’ve lost twenty pounds!
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No CommentsThis spreading thin thing is working for me....I feel a clothes shopping spree coming! Giggles -
Life is on HOLD
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 1 CommentHold please. It's not a perfect world. -
Bill Best knows Appalachian Heirloom Beans
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 9 CommentsBill Best changed my life. I shall forever be in his debt....and maybe you will be too. Saving Appalachia's history. -
Celebrating Friends Drift Inn Blog Anniversary
Posted on January 1, 2012 | 3 CommentsReal Life A Baby Boomer in Appalachia Sharing the Giggles Friends Drift Inn Recipes, Gardening and Hot Flashes launched with a whisper and a prayer on January 1, 2011. Hard... -
Appalachia a Sense of Place
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No CommentsHolidays...it's not about the food photos. Not here. Not now.

















