The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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Black pitmasters like Sam Clayton and Alex Bazemore are working to keep Virginia's barbecue traditions alive.
Can you teach history through a cocktail menu? Meet Joe Stinchcomb, the 2018 Fall Symposium Bartender in Residence, who…
Osayi Endolyn reflects on visiting the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture while a…
Ashanté Reese's work as an interdisciplinary professor in anthropology and food studies is part of a long legacy.
Adrian Miller’s The President’s Kitchen Cabinet aims to fill in the “historical silhouettes” of the black culinary…
My parents left Alabama, the place. They made good lives in Detroit. But they never left Alabama, the ideal.
Della McCullers' boardinghouse holds sophisticated stories of business acumen, community patronage, and everyday…
Mahalia Jackson was an international star, a principled artist, and a passionately political woman. Why would she…
Patillo's Bar-B-Q in Beaumont, Texas, is the fourth-oldest barbecue joint in the state. So why haven't you heard of it?