TrueSouth

Madisonville & Camp Benton (5x2)

: 09, 2022

TrueSouth drives the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, to dig for ramps along a creek bed and stoke the fires in a smokehouse by the highway. Allan Benton, proprietor of Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Madisonville, Tenn., cures and hickory smokes bacon and ham that have earned their place on the kitchen tables of working folks across the South, and on restaurant menus across the nation. If you know artisan Southern goods, you know the scent that perfumes the air when his pork hits a cast iron skillet. But there's a bigger story to tell here. Our crew goes home with Allan to get to know his wife Sharon and their children and grandchildren. We learn to bake biscuits with Sharon (and yes, we include her recipe). And to stir up a good gravy. More important, gathered in their kitchen, we get to witness the love and hard work that binds a man and a woman to their family, and their community.