Pit Boss
Mar 14, 2019
2 minutes
By Kathleen Purvis
PHOTOGRAPH BY
DENNY CULBERT
“Where I grew up, Billy Graham himself couldn’t save you if you didn’t do whole hog over wood”
In 1947, a tough, hardworking seventeen-year-old named Pete Jones opened the Skylight Inn, a little drive-up in tiny Ayden, North Carolina. Though, cowritten with Daniel Vaughn, is more than a collection of coveted recipes. It’s also the story of a man who learned reverence for his roots, and when to go beyond them.
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