The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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My classmate opened his lunchbox. I told him there was blood on those grapes.
"First we win over your stomachs, then your hearts, then your minds. Love us, South, just as Mexicans are starting to…
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives was founded in 1967 to address issues of black land loss, land control, and…
Gravy: Stories from the Southern Foodways Alliance expands the Gravy brand—already established in print—to a bi-weekly,…
From time to time I see references on social media to the sad desk lunch, or specifically the sad desk salad. Many…
These drawings by Emily Wallace appeared in issue #52 of our Gravy quarterly. In keeping with the issue's "Where We…
Mother's Kitchen doesn't have wi-fi, specialty coffees, an all-you-can-eat buffet, or a dollar menu. For that matter,…
In Mexico City, where Esteban Rojo spent the early part of his life, "la fonda" is the term for a certain kind of…
Bernie Herman takes us to an oyster house on the Chesapeake Bay in this contribution to Gravy #52.
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