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Sustainable South Louisiana project debut
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2020 SFA Fall Symposium

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Gravy is our journal and podcast duo of original narratives that are fresh, unexpected, and thought-provoking.

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Cajun Kibbe: Eating Lebanese in Louisiana

June 18, 2020

Fred Reggie and his daughter, Simone, share how they’ve peppered traditional Lebanese recipes with Cajun lagniappe.

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Poetry by Jason McCall

July 7, 2020

Poetry by Jason McCall Are They Black Owned? He spent most of my childhood nights as a chef in a Montgomery hotel, but…

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Poetry by Jason McCall

Poetry by Jason McCall Are They Black Owned? He spent most of my childhood nights as a chef in a Montgomery hotel, but…

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Pleasure and Prohibitions

Pleasure here, as nearly everywhere, has a gripping, anguished underside.

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On Adobo and Anxiety

Every time I try a Filipino restaurant, I wrestle with its authenticity, as if no-cooking me could ever qualify as a…

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The Dead Still Crave Dessert

Ancestors always eat first. So I cut a big slice of sour cream poundcake and place it on the altar dedicated to my…

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Cajun Kibbe: Eating Lebanese in Louisiana

Fred Reggie and his daughter, Simone, share how they’ve peppered traditional Lebanese recipes with Cajun lagniappe.

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Degrees of Freedom

They sleep in a prison but spend their days wrenching opportunity from dying birds.

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Two Tales of Donaldsonville: True Friends & The Chance Café

Visit Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to hear this story about finding extraordinary things in ordinary places.

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Behind the Music

Melissa Hall interviews Paul Burch about his creative process while making Trovatore: The Many Lives of Eugene Walter.

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Nuevo Acadiana

Patacón Latin Cuisine is a connection to home for the Latinx community on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, and a favorite spot for Lafayette locals.

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Will the Yellow House Turn the Corner?

An Atlanta building once housed a cherished restaurant before it became a magnet for the drug trade. Its next life…

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The Miracle of Slaw and Fishes: Louisiana’s Lenten Fish Fries

Cajun Country fish fries are a Lenten tradition, as are seafood po-boys from Olde Time Grocery.

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Ten Gallons and a Bag of Cracklins: Filling Up in Cajun Country

Ready for a Cajun Country Road Trip? Grab a link of boudin and bag of cracklins at a filling station.

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Baba Joon’s Eggcraft

Baba Joon dyes eggs for Norooz, the Persian New Year that coincides with the spring equinox.

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The Battle of Shoal Creek Farms

An Athens, Georgia, neighborhood says “not in my backyard” to an organic farm.

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Stir From the Bottom

In the late 1960s, Gene Seagraves began cooking chicken mull to raise money for church. Now it's the stuff of legend.

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Your Fried Chicken Has Done Drag

If you haven’t lost a wig over a plate of collards and fried chicken, have you really even done drag?

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The Kindness of Strangers

A meal couldn’t bring back a father detained by immigration authorities. But arroz con pollo brought some small comfort.

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Feeding Niriko

From rice soup to gumbo broth, a son of two cultures learns from his parents’ palates.

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