Who, despite what you may think, are not unrealistic about a return to the glory days of coal and better times. - i drank coffee from the time i could walk. they put coffee in your bottle, coffee or wine. [laughs] - linda mckinney is a true daughter of appalachia. she raised her children here. linda s husband, bob mckinney, is a longtime mine safety inspector. now, your family s originally from naples? is that right? naples area? - yes. yes. came here in 1923 trying to strike it rich in the coal mines. my mother died when i was five, so we went to live with my nonna, and the first day i was there, she pulled me up to a cook stove. - dinner is a not untypical expression of hardscrabble appalachian practicality. - now, i don t measure anything, so nothing has a recipe here. - and neapolitan roots. - this my dad would call piselles; it s peas. ooh, making mama dance. [laughs] now, this is what i m famous for in these parts.
Have you ever had spaghetti pizza? - wow. - no, you haven t. don t say you have. [laughter] nearby, joel runs an organic hydroponic farm that supplies the local school system. [atmospheric music] - most of you have all got your potatoes, right? - linda runs five loaves and two fishes, a food bank that holds many of the lives here together during tough times. - god, we just thank you for this day that we re able to give food out again. this is not a regular give out. watch over us. protect us. help us to keep cool heads. [instrumental music] - father, we pray over the food we re about to eat for the nourishment of our body. just bless it in the name of christ. amen. all: amen. - the coal that came out of this area built america, right? - yes. - mcdowell county alone was called
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Inspector. anthony: now your family is originally from naples, is that right? linda: yes. anthony: naples area? linda: came here in 1923 trying to strike it rich in the coalmines. my mother died when i was five, so we went to live with my nonna, and the first day i was there she pulled me up to a cook stove. anthony: dinner is a not untypical expression of hard scrabble appalachian practicality linda: now i don t measure anything, so nothing has a recipe here. anthony: and neapolitan roots. linda: these my dad would call pisellis, it s peas. mm, making mama dance. [ laughter ] now, this is what i m famous for in these parts. have you ever had spaghetti pizza? no, you haven t. don t say you have. [ laughter ] the tomato sauce was made with joel s tomatoes at the food bank. anthony: nearby, joel runs an organic hydroponic farm that supplies the local school system. linda: most of you ve all got your potatoes, right?