Four Seasons of Great Food and the Good Life
A member of Relais & Chateaux, Blackberry Farm has won dozens of
major awards for food, wine, service, and general excellence from
Zagat, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, and Southern Living,
and is frequently ranked the #1 small hotel in the United States.
Proprietor SAM BEALL grew up on Blackberry Farm, which was founded
by his parents, Kreis and Sandy Beall. After attending the
California Culinary Academy, Sam Beall apprenticed at the French
Laundry, the Ritz-Carlton, Cowgirl Creamery, and Chateau Potelle.
He oversees the entire farmstead, from its restaurants to its
heirloom gardens to its honey house.
One of the most recognized and respected food writers today, MOLLY
O'NEILL, long the food columnist for the New York Times, is the
author of three cookbooks, including the best-selling New York
Cookbook, A Well-Seasoned Appetite, and The Pleasure of Your
Company, as well as a memoir, Mostly True- Food, Family and
Baseball. She hosted the PBS series Great Food and is the editor of
the critically-acclaimed "American Food Writing." Twice nominated
for the Pulitzer Prize, she has won the Julia Child/IACP Award for
cookbooks and was awarded three James Beard citations for books,
journalism and television as well as the society's Lifetime
Achievement Award.
"Sam Beall’s heartfelt words and the beautiful images took me back
to my first visit--to the Bealls’ incredible hospitality and the
delicious meals they nurtured us with. I am excited that Blackberry
Farm continues to evolve into an idyllic destination, grounded by
its own sense of place and history."
—Thomas Keller, The French Laundry
"Hospitality, generosity, authenticity, quality, family...Life has
stopped and our stress disappears at Blackberry Farm. The food
and wine reveal the best of nature. Happiness is what can be found
here."
—Alain Ducasse, Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athénée and Louis XV
- Alain Ducasse
"Like Blackberry Farm itself, this book is a celebration of the
South and a family dream, deliciously realized. It will take you
in, enfold you in a warm embrace and bring you home again to the
nurturing hills of Tennessee."
—Patrick O’Connell, The Inn at Little Washington
"If the saying 'God is in the details' rings true, then he may
reside along the green hills in the shadows of the Smoky Mountains
at Blackberry Farm. The Beall family has created the ultimate
destination for lovers of food, wine, gracious service and the
infinite 'nice things' that make living grand."
—Frank Stitt, Highlands Bar and Grill
"I admire the Blackberry Farm ethic -- the reverence for place and
people, the dedication to artisanal excellence, the trust in
long-held tradition, and the belief that, as Wendell
Berry once put it, eating is an 'agricultural act.'"
—John T Edge, writer and educator
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