Dollywood has become a destination for foodies. This year alone we’ve attracted the attention of People Magazine, Food & Wine, Forbes.com, and BuzzFeed because of our culinary offerings. (Yes, you should click on each link to read about the yummy food throughout our properties!) We also work with foodie influencers. I got to hang [...]
It’s so large, one slice can feed as many as four to six adults: Dollywood’s 25-pound apple pie was created in celebration of the park’s 25th anniversary season. The sweet treat was so popular, it never came off the menu. It takes 40 to 50 apples, depending on the size of the fruit, to [...]
One of my favorite Dollywood originals, Aunt Granny’s Restaurant, has been “re-cast” this year. It’s all thanks to a delicious new menu and the involvement of another of my favorite family traditions - the iconic cast-iron from another great Tennessee company, Lodge Manufacturing Company. I’ve been spending time at Dollywood and eating delicious food [...]
Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Food & Wine’s David Landsel, who visited Dollywood in 2017 and documented his experience. The thing that had me the most excited, I'll admit, was that the restaurant was empty. I was about to order enough food for a family of four, and the fact that [...]
Certain things can bring a smile to almost everyone’s face. A rainbow. Kids giggling. And pancakes. Stacks and stacks of pancakes. Don’t know if you can, but I remember when I fell in love with this fluffy breakfast favorite. When I was little, my mama would make special kid size pancakes just for me [...]
I looked over my notes one more time. My vote would be the tie-breaker. This girls’ weekend in the Smoky Mountains was full of promise—three nights with good friends AND three nights without wife/mom responsibilities. This decision is BIG: resort stay or luxury cabin for our home base? One of my friends argues that [...]
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