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
Black pitmasters like Sam Clayton and Alex Bazemore are working to keep Virginia's barbecue traditions alive.
Gravy
How innovation becomes tradition.
Gravy
The cult of barbecue is a celebration of erasures upon erasures.
Film
A visual Juneteenth poem by Pihakis Foodways Documentary Filmmaker, Zaire Love.
Film
Tahirah Shakir of Sugar Beat, LLC sources, roasts, grinds, and simmers local, organic peanuts into a Southern take on West African peanut stew.
Film
Devon “Vonnie” Smith follows the passage of recipes from one generation to the next in the Black community through his experimental film A Bit of This, A Bit of That.
Oral History
This collection highlights the voices of Southern bakers.
Latest
SFA and Hub City Press are proud to announce a new partnership to distribute SFA’s quarterly print journal, Gravy.
Latest
LeNell Camacho Santa Ana will teach us how to make a Floral French 75.
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