The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
The Southern Foodways Alliance drives a more progressive future by leading conversations that challenge existing constructs, shape perspectives, and foster meaningful discussions. We reconsider the past with research, scrutiny, and documentation.
Gravy Podcast
While community canneries are closing, some—including Donna and Arnold Lafon—find community and pride in the practice of canning.
Gravy
Cookbooks cannot right wrongs, but they can highlight a community’s ambitions and project its unified beliefs.
Gravy
The South is changing in ways that we don’t often appreciate, or even notice.
Oral History
The Career Servers Oral History Project surveys men and women who built careers waiting tables in New Orleans, Louisiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia.
Oral History
This oral history collection highlights the life and labor of some of the key chefs, waiters, and bartenders who have worked (or still work) at Highlands Bar & Grill.
Oral History
Barbecue, fried chicken and spaghetti; game suppers and mile high pies. Those foods are traditionally associated with the Natural State. But what about biryani, idli, and butter chicken, foods traditionally associated with India and Indian Americans?
Film
SFA founding member Marlene Osteen explains the power of SFA events.
Film
SFA founding member Ronni Lundy explains the importance of critique, and how SFA opens those conversations.
Film
SFA founding members Ben and Karen Barker explain the importance of restaurant workers to the SFA audience.
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