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  • Letter from the Editor by Sara Camp Arnold
  • Should I Stay or Should I Go? by Makalé Faber-Cullen
  • Where I Discovered Narrative Possibilities, Possibly by George Singleton
  • Eating Salmon Croquettes with William Faulkner by John T Edge
  • Immigration and Distillation by Katie Walsh
  • Water into Port by Jack Pendarvis

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  • The Art of the Meat and Three by Jennifer Justus
  • From Sicility to the Crescent City by Dana Logsdon
  • Slow-Roasted Broad Beans: A recipe by Sheila and Matt Neal
  • Praiseworthy Plate Lunches by Emily Wallace
  • A Different Kind of Plane Food by Kat Kinsman
  • Banana-Mayonnaise Meditation by Kate Medley

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  • Pigskin and Pork
  • Have You Been Served? by Audrey Petty
  • The Vanderbilt Fugitive: A recipe by Bobby Heugel
  • A Land of Opportunity as told to Amy Evans Streeter by Jimmy Koikos
  • Enough from the Peanut Gallery as told to Sara Camp Arnold by Mark Hersey
  • True Grits by Jack Pendarvis

A SPECIAL LOUISIANA EDITION
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  • The High Art of the Plate Lunch by Francis Lam
  • For the Love of Okra as told to Sara Roahen by Brenda Placide
  • Eggplant, Oyster, and Tasso Gratin by Susan Spicer
  • A Philosophy of Boudin as told to Sara Roahen by Bubba Frey
  • Lucullus Awaits by Nathalie Jordi
  • Burke on Boudin by James Lee Burke

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  • Beluga, Ossetra, and—Paddlefish? by Joe York
  • How to Get to Heaven Without Dying by Dana Shavin
  • A Good Meal and a Story to Tell: An interview by Sara Camp Arnold
  • Carlo Silvestrini on the Hog Slaughter: A poem by Greg Alan Brownderville
  • Pimento Cheese in the North Carolina Piedmont by Emily Wallace

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  • Meet Calvin Head by Mary Margaret Miller
  • Who's in the Kitchen by Ashley Hall
  • Geechee Girl: An Interview with Valerie Erwin by Sara Camp Arnold
  • Honeybee, Won't You Be My Bakery by Lisa Howorth
  • Chingo Bing: "The Masa Messiah" by Robb Walsh

A Special Gulf Edition, by Ashley Hall
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  • My Call to the Coast
  • Closures and Uncertainty Are "Worse than Katrina"
  • A Family Business is Forced to Rely on "Somebody Else's Seafood"
  • Why Healthy Oysters Go Unharvested
  • A Creative Mind Full of Ideas for the Future
  • A Gulf Coast Institution Struggles with Low Supply

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  • The Cooks Who Giggle by Bill Smith
  • The Crown Prince of Gua Bao: An Interview with Eddie Huang by Sara Camp Arnold
  • Café Maum: Fusing Cuisines and Communities by Ashley Hall
  • Waiter, There's a Hair... by Gillian Clark

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  • Fabulous Fat by Gillian Clark
  • Eatonville on the Potomac by Thomas Head
  • Just Shoot Me by Hanna Raskin
  • The Grits and Gravy Crossword Puzzle by Michele Hume

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  • A Plague of Cornbread by Linda Monk
  • Indian Truck Stop Eats by Bill Addison
  • Wednesday Greens and Sunday Greens by Eugene Walter
  • The Cold Tile Blues: A poem by Greg Alan Brownderville
  • I'm One of the Aces in the Business by Francis Lam

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  • A Late Encounter with Crucifers by Michelle Humes
  • Tales of Swamp Cabbage and Coleslaw Wrestling by Hayley Downs and Julie Kahn
  • In the Kitchen with Dinah by Timothy C. Davis
  • Pardis Stitt Reads Upton Sinclair by Ashley Hall
  • Putting the "Fair" in Good, Clean & Fair by Judith Winfrey

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  • The Reach of Southern Foodways, by Angie Mosier
  • Meet Alice Randall, Symposium Speaker, by Timothy C. Davis
  • Food and Music at the Carter Fold, by Amy Evans
  • Music and Food: What Goes with Widespread Panic, by Ashley Hall

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  • Jason Ringenberg: From Scorcher to Farmer, by Timothy Davis
  • An SFA Potlikker Film Fest Primer, by Ashley Hall
  • Letter from the President, by Angie Mosier
  • Introducing the Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award, by Georgeanna Milam

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  • Outlaw Sunday: Celebrating Literary and Culinary Outlaws, by Timothy Davis
  • SFA Feeds the Debate, by Henry Mencken
  • Nicholas Herbemont: Pioneer of American Viticulture, by Ashley Hall

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  • Why We Study Food, by Marcie Cohen Ferris
  • Meet Greg Best: Atlanta's Master Mixologist, by Ashley Hall
  • Expansion of SFA's Oral History Initiative, by Amy Evans

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  • Out of the Frying Pan: A Chef's Memoirs of Hot Kitchens, Single Motherhood, and and the Family Meal, by Gillian Clark
  • Inaugurating the Egerton Award, by Ashley Hall

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  • Meet Todd Richards: 2007 Glory Foods Chef Scholarship Recipient
  • Vegetarian Soul Food?, by Timothy Davis
  • Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table, by Sara Roahen

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  • Introducing the Fellowship of Southern Chefs, Farmers, and Artisans, by Angie Mosier
  • Pork, Rice, and Crawfish: Donald Link Talks About Pigs, by Tom Head
  • North Carolina Pool Room Food, by Mike Cavanaugh
  • Farming in the Future, by Timothy C. Davis

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  • Camp Carolina, Preserving the Taste of Place, by Sheri Castle
  • Symposium and Delta D Mark Milestones
  • Southern Classics: Homage to the Duke, by Timothy Davis
  • BBQ in the Lone Star State, by Amy Evans
  • Rare Soul Food Tapas, by Angie Mosier

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  • Bowen's Island Oral History Project, by Amy Evans
  • SFA Member Reid Mizell Continues the Discussion, by Angie Mosier
  • Spotlight on Charleston: SFA Founder Louis O'Steen,
    by Timothy Davis
  • Soup Beans, an Appalachian Tradition, by Mark Sohn

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  • Saving Willie Mae's Scotch House, One Weekend at a Time, by Mary Beth Lasseter
  • Meet SFA Filmmaker Joe York, by Angie Mosier
  • Recycling Oyster Shells, the South Carolina Story, by Timothy C. Davis
  • Jefferson on Wine, by John R. Hailman
  • Southern Cooking, by Mrs. R. S. Dull with forward by Damon Lee Fowler

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  • Channeling Eugene: Chef Linton Hopkins as Medium, by Angie Mosier
  • Impressions from Camp Nashville, by Fred Sauceman
  • Delectable Dishes and Dainty Gluttons: Eugene Walter’s Cookbooks, by Thomas Head

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  • Wish You Were There – A Postcard from Camp Athens, by Angie Mosier
  • North Carolina Livermush: Strangest of Meats or the World’s Most Perfect Food?, by Timothy Davis
  • The Place Setting: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, from Bright Hope to Frog Level, by Fred Sauceman
  • The Blue Grass Cook Book, by Minnie C. Fox

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  • Glover Family Farms Begets Global Family Farms, by Angie Mosier
  • Mary Land, Louisiana Cookery, by University Press of Mississippi
  • Mama Dip’s Family Cookbook, by Mildred Council
  • Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South, by Marcie Ferris

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  • SFA Recognizes New Orleans Guardians of the Tradition
  • Iconic Southern Restaurants: Blue Bonnet Café, Marble Falls, Texas, by Jeff Siegel
  • The Encyclopedia of Cajun and Creole Cuisine, by Chef John D. Folse
  • Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance, edited by Damon Lee Fowler

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  • A Fine Romance: the former Ann Segrest writes from Athens, Georgia
  • Virginia Wine: Jefferson’s Dream Becomes Reality, by Jeff Siegel

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  • In Memorial: Laron Morgan, by Virginia Wood
  • Iconic Southern Restaurants: Blue & White, Tunica, Mississippi, by Jeff Siegel
  • The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, by Pat Conroy with Suzanne Williamson Pollack

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  • East Texas Yamboree, by Jeff Siege
  • Spinning Spider Creamery, by Fred Sauceman
  • Grainger County Tomato Festival, by Krista Reese
  • Cornbread 2: The United States of Barbecue, by Lolis Eric Elie
  • Remembering Bill Neal: Favorite Recipes from a Life in Cooking, by Moreton Neal

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  • First in War, First in Peace, First in Whiskey: George Washington as Distiller, by Thomas Head
  • Moonshine: Distillation of a Spirit, by Krista Reese
  • The Soul of Southern Cooking: Mi Tierra Café and Bakery, San Antonio, by Jeff Siegel
  • Grocery Shopping in the Big Easy, by Jeff Siegel
  • New Southern Cooking: Nathalie Dupree’s Southern Memories, by Nathalie Dupree
  • Sweet Stuff: Karen Barker’s American Desserts, by Karen Barker

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  • Two Southern Restaurants: Harold’s Cue and Vern’s Place, by Krista Reese and Jeff Siegel
  • Jambalaya: Eating the Real Thing in the Jambalaya Capital of the World, by Jeff Siegel
  • Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine: Recipes and Reminiscences of a Family, by Norma Jean and Carole Darden
  • New Soul Cooking, by Tanya Holland
  • Hunger Overcome, by Andrew Warnes

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  • Rainbow Trout and Southern Caviar: A Tale of Southern Persistence, by Fred Sauceman
  • The Best of Virginia Farms Cookbook and Tour Book, by Cici Williamson
  • A Taste for War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray, by William C. Davis

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  • Lamb Barbecue: Cultural Codicil, Baa-aad to the Bone, by Krista Reese
  • Chicken-Fried Steak: In Texas, It’s Not Just for Dinner, by Jeff Siegel
  • Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends, by Joyce White
  • Pickled: Vegetables, Fruits, Roots, More – Preserving a World of Tastes and Traditions, by Lucy Norris

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  • P’minnuh Cheese: the Pate of the South, by Kendra Myers
  • Arkansas Wine: Making Do and Doing Well, by Jeff Siegel
    South Georgia Cheese: A Story of Love and the Internet, by Krista Reese
  • The Cornbread Book: A Love Story with Recipes, by Jeremy Jackson
  • The Kentucky Mint Julep, by Col. Joe Nickell
  • Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way, by Sallie Ann Robinson
  • The Ultimate Gullah Cookbook, by Jesse Eward Gantt, Jr. and Veronica Davis

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  • Imported Crawfish: They Just Don’t Taste Good, by Jeff Siegel J.C. Hardaway 1924-2002, by Lolis Eric Elie
  • The Gift of Southern Cooking, by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock
  • Beyond Gumbo, by Jessica Harris

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  • Atlanta History Center features Ice Cream: The Whole Scoop

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  • Damon Lee Fowler’s New Southern Cooking, by Damon Lee Fowler
  • BBQ Book Primer

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  • Soul of Southern Cooking, by Kathy Starr
  • Consider the Eel, by Richard Schweid

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  • It’s How You Pick the Crab: An Oral Portrait of Eastern Shore Crab Picking, by Kelly Feltault

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  • A Report from the SFA Board, by Toni Tipton Martin and Damon Fowler

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  • River Run Cookbook, by Jimmy and Maya Kennedy and Marialisa Calta

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  • First SFA Field Trip Announced

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  • Food for the Soul by Monique Wells
  • Third Annual Symposium a Success