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SFA Past Events
2010 – Global South
Hill Country Barbecue Market
On the eve of the Big Apple BBQ Block Party
June 11, 2010
5-8pm
Eats
We’ll deliver delirious riffs on traditional dishes -- Catfish Tamales with Comeback Tartar Sauce, Chow-Chowed Kewpie Q with Grits, French Onion Fried Pig Ears, and Sock Sausage with Sweet Potato Biscuits.
- Elizabeth Karmel of Hill Country Barbecue, New York, NY
- John Currence of City Grocery, Oxford, MS
- Ashley Christensen of Poole’s Diner, Raleigh, NC
- Tyler Brown of The Capitol Grill, Nashville, TN
Films
Watch 3 short documentaries, directed by the SFA’s Joe York, including the premier of Cut/Chop/Cook, an homage to the Scott family of pitmasters, from Hemingway, South Carolina, underwritten by the Union Square Hospitality Group.
Music
One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn-based collective, will provide interstitial musical moments, including a song composed just for this event, wherein Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp sing, with Theremin accompaniment, Ashley Christensen’s recipe for Chow-Chowed Kewpie Q with Grits.
Beverages from
Lazy Magnolia of Kiln, Mississippi
Mountain Valley Spring Water of Hot Springs Arkansas.
Exploring the Global South along the Buford Highway International Corridor
June 24-26, 2010
In 2010 we drew a bead on the changing American South in Atlanta, Georgia, the cultural and social capital of the New South. Buford Highway, arguably the region’s oldest and most diverse international corridor, was the nexus of our explorations.With expert Southern Foodways Sherpas in the lead, we explored the strip malls and reconfigured fast food bunkers where intrepid eaters feast on some of the region’s best (Chinese) barbecue, and (Salvadoran) fried chicken.
We plumbed the depths of the Buford Highway Farmer’s Market and took note of cross-cultural passions for preserved pork and bitter greens. We breakfasted on Korean pastries gorged with green tea cream cheese that tasted, somehow, like a red velvet riff. Although much of our time was spent exploring working class eateries, we ate high on the hog, too, courtesy of a dinner at Taqueria del Sol, Mike Klank’s homage to Monterrey by way of Memphis, and a dim sum luncheon at Abattoir, Anne Quatrano’s latest restaurant, set in a onetime meat packing plant.
- For the event brochure, click here.
- For the final schedule of events, click here.
- For the Buford Highway History and Sherpa Tours click here.
August 25, 2010
6-9 p.m. @ City House
1222 4th Ave N.
Nashville, TN
EATS
Enjoy potlikker soaked hot water cornbread. Expect bbq. Expect culinary riffs and bites and feints and jabs.
- Tandy Wilson of City House
- Tyler Brown of The Hermitage
- Pat Martin of Martin’s BBQ
- Sands Soul Food
FILMS
Travel the South through SFA produced and directed short films that document and celebrate regional food culture.
MUSIC
Featuring Ketch Secor and Morgan Jahnig (from Old Crow Medicine Show) and Friends
DRINKS
Yazoo Brewing Company
Corsair Distillery
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Blackberry Farm
January 7-9, 2010
At the 2010 Blackberry Farm Taste of the South Gala, we devoured scrambled egg mousse, foie gras ravioli, smoky grilled duck, braised pork shoulder, and parsnip candy. Guest chefs included Ashley Christensen, Poole's Diner, Raleigh, NC; Edward Lee, 610 Magnolia, Louisville, KY; John Shields, Town House, Chilhowie, VA; Karen Urie Shields, Town House, Chilhowie, VA; Joe Truex, Repast, Atlanta, GA. Wine selections by Turley Wine Cellars. Guest Distiller, Julian Van Winkle, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Louisville, KY.
- Click here for the menu.
