Discover the American South: Good Cookin’, Sweet Bourbon and Wild Horses

When it comes to travel, it’s always the people you meet that make the trip. That is especially true in the American South, where the locals are renowned as some of the friendliest and most genuine people in the country.

Today, we’re going to meet three of them who are preserving and conserving the flavours and natural beauty of the South.

• Chef Trevor Stockton is going to take us to the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee for a feast of his favourite dishes.

• Peggy Noe Stevens, the world’s first master bourbon taster, is going to take us on a distillery tour through Kentucky with a stop, of course, at America’s most famous horse race.

• Meg Puckett is taking us to the Barrier Islands of North Carolina in search of one of the last remaining herds of wild horses in the States.

From the mountains to the coast, to the bottom of your glass, this is a journey into the heart of the natural beauty, local people and good ‘ol southern food that makes this region so special.

Highlights include:

• Learning how to taste bourbon like an expert, while driving the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

• Finding out what our local’s three favourite dishes are, and why one of them is served only in petrol stations.

• Discovering why the Kentucky Derby is known as “the most exciting two minutes in sport”.

• Hearing about the history of wild horses in the United States, and why seeing them should be on every wildlife lover’s bucket list.

FIND OUT MORE

Trevor Stockton: rtloge.com, @therestaurantatrtlodge on Instagram

Meg Pucket: carollawildhorses.org, @corollawildhorses on Facebook

Peggy Noe Stevens: peggynoestevens.com, @pegggynoestevens on Instagram and Facebook.

Discover the American South at https://www.wanderlustmagazine.com/inspiration/discover-the-american-south/

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CREDITS

This episode was produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry. Lyn Hughes and Laura Field introduce the show. Aaron Millar is the interviewer and script editor. Audio production by Charles Tyrie.