In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.
My paternal grandfather Delmer Robinson (known to us as "Grandpa") was the Food Editor at the Charleston Gazette newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia for over 50 years. He published regular columns "Man That's Cooking", "Senior Chef" and "Tell Dottie", as well as several cookbooks over the years. We (the family), in his memory, are making preparations to make at least one of his best-known cookbooks, "Appalachian Hill Country Cook Book", available in e-book format.
Here is the front and back cover of Appalachian Hill Country Cook Book, originally published in 1980 and reprinted in 1986. If you would like to receive an email when the e-book is available, please send me an email with your email address and I will drop you a note. I have also set up a Facebook page that you can follow for updates on the book.
This is an interesting website! I was looking up your grandfather, Delmer Robinson, just to see who he was and I was surprised to see all this info on him. I've been married for 50 years and in our first years we subscribed to a national newspaper and it always had recipes in it. I had cut them out and over the years used a number of them.
I just made the "Pennsylvania Black Cake" that Delmer had his name attached to. It's delicious!
I see that you are a Christian also. We live in Southern California and are members at Saddleback Church here with Pastor Rick Warren.
My sons tell me I get too wordy - they like texting - so I will stop now! Best to you Dan - Judy Hammond - Posted by Judy Hammond from Southern California
I purchased your Appalachian Hill Country Cook Book in Charleston Wv approximately 1981. I am a fellow mountaineer residing in Wisconsin for the last 48 years. Thanks for sharing the recipes. - Posted by Nelda Persinger from [email protected]
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To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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My paternal grandfather Delmer Robinson (known to us as "Grandpa") was the Food Editor at the Charleston Gazette newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia for over 50 years. He published regular columns "Man That's Cooking", "Senior Chef" and "Tell Dottie", as well as several cookbooks over the years. We (the family), in his memory, are making preparations to make at least one of his best-known cookbooks, "Appalachian Hill Country Cook Book", available in e-book format.
