Each year SFA collaborates with 21c Museum Hotels to commission art that complements the theme of our study. As we explore food and literature, Ghost of A Dream is creating the featured artwork.
Now’s the time to get to your local bookstore, library, or laptop to study up on the connections between foodways and literature. The 2018 symposium bibliography is online.
Stephen and Gerri Grady married in 1986, the same year they established their eponymous barbecue house. The newlyweds purchased the pithouse from Mr. Grady’s brother, who lasted only one day in business (he found the hardwood smoke overwhelming).
Each year at the fall symposium, the SFA collaborates with 21c Museum Hotels to commission art that complements the theme of our study. In 2018, as we explore food and literature, Ghost of A Dream is creating the featured artwork.
On September 30, Ashley Christensen of Poole’s Diner in Raleigh, North Carolina, is hosting a Stir the Pot benefit dinner for the SFA featuring Joe and Katy Kindred.
This year, Mashama Bailey will cook Saturday’s Tabasco luncheon at the fall symposium. Her menu will be a tribute to the great writer (and photographer) Zora Neale Hurston.
The 2018 Southern Foodways Symposium will have the opening night presentation at Rowan Oak, home of William Faulkner. Watch Bill on Bill, a short doc about curator Bill Griffith, to get into the symposium spirit.
Ayden, North Carolina, is arguably one of the state’s great centers for barbecue. On this Barbecue Friday, we visit Bum’s Restaurant from our 2011 oral history interview.
As Hurricane Florence takes aim for the Carolinas this week, remember the stories of the people in the local communities. Eddie Willis, of Harker’s Island, NC, is featured here in this 2016 oral history interview.
