Log Cabin Cooking & Music Classes

Welcome to our log cabin! For decades we have taught Appalachian string band music and old-timey cooking in our historic log cabin. We are no longer offering classes, but we do have a a number of recordings of virtual classes that you can still access below.

You can also keep up with us at our sister website, Log Cabin Cooking. Barbara Swell, our cookbook author, posts recipes, old-timey life musings and classes at logcabincooking.com.



Log Cabin Cooking Classes

We offer cooking classes taught by Barbara Swell, author of more than a dozen cookbooks such as The Lost Art of Pie-making. You can read more about Barbara’s classes here.

Available Online Cooking Classes

Fabulous Flaky Pie Crust Made Easy

Gluten Free Pie Crust

Holiday Pumpkin Pie Secrets (airs Nov 7, 2021)

Festive Apple Hand Pie Secrets (airs Nov 17, 2021)

Edible Crafts for Winter Gifting (airs Dec 12, 2021)


Log Cabin Music Classes

We offer classes and lessons for total beginners in bluegrass banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. These first-timer classes are taught by Wayne Erbsen, who has been teaching for over forty years and has written more than two dozen music instruction books, as well as songbooks and folklore books.  

Frequently Asked Questions about Log Cabin Music Classes

Available Online Music Classes

Tuning Tips (free class!)

Intro to Bluegrass Banjo

Bluegrass Banjo for Near Beginners