The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Bowens Island
Interview
In 2006, the year that Bowens Island Restaurant celebrated its sixtieth anniversary, Robert Barber accepted a James…
Oral History
To the uninitiated, the oyster joint on Bowens Island was a curiosity of sorts—an aging pile of cinderblocks and boards…
Film
A short documentary profile of Bowens Island Restaurant, a low country landmark for over sixty years.
A short film about Victor "Goat" Lafayette, who has picked oysters on Bowens Island, South Carolina, for over fifty…
A native of New Orleans, Duke Eversmeyer has been a customer of Bowens Island restaurant for more than thirty years. He…
Victor Lafayette grew up on Sol Legare Road, just across the inlet from Bowens Island. His childhood friends gave him…
Fred has the rivers, marshes, and tides in his blood. An avid sailor, he can be found out on the water often. And it…
A native of Georgia, Jack London ended up in Charleston when his father retired from the Army sometime in the 1960s.…
Robert Barber has always been connected to the restaurant business. When he was born in 1949, his grandparents were…