What is Appalachian Soul Food and how do you convey its complexities on a restaurant menu? Ashleigh Shanti is chef de cuisine at Benne on Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina. She shares her vision of soul food while she makes one of her favorite childhood meals: braised oxtails with buttered rice and pink-eyed peas.

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