The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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Most Mexican immigrants don’t consider themselves mexicanos. They’re more aligned by city, state, language, or even…
El Sur Latino is families.
A region that has reinvented itself again and again since the Civil War is now in the midst of a newcomer revolution,…
Tacos can be read. They carry social meanings—they are part of foodways networks of people who conduct their rich lives…
When someone from Pinewoods died, it was common to go door to door, or place a bucket at a nearby gas station, to ask…
Carne asada tacos are now as Southern as biscuits and gravy, whether people want to believe it or not.
Corn possesses that power to tell the story of a people. Even when rendered as snacks. Especially when eaten as snacks.