Chinese Breakdown Dinner

The first Chinese Breakdown dinner was a celebration of Vernon and Kitty’s two favorite things:  playing bluegrass music with Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass and eating Chinese food.  Named after a …

Martha White Bakes Up Right

I had never heard of bluegrass music until 1974 when my brother Andy took me to Kings Row, a neighborhood bar featuring nightly performances by ‘The Appalachian Grass’.   Andy was …