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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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A New Recipe for Charlotte

February 21, 2019

As Charlotte works to rebrand itself as a destination for food and drink, it has to choose which stories to tell.

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Write in August…In Oxford

April 15, 2019

SFA is now taking applications for a nonfiction writing workshop to be held in our Mississippi backyard August 8­–11,…

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Write in August…In Oxford

SFA is now taking applications for a nonfiction writing workshop to be held in our Mississippi backyard August 8­–11,…

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In Service

Grandmama was proud of her home. In it, she taught me skills she hoped I’d never use for anyone but my own family.

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Visible Yam

The best writers, the better writers, know that food is identity, food is alive, food is us.

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Supper Sanctuary in the South

The South was not a common landing point for Mexican immigrants until the 1990s. The region became their posada. It…

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The Power to Feed

Fifty-plus years after Kennedy’s visit, Mississippi’s second congressional district now registers the highest rate of…

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What Happens at Symposium…

We asked ourselves: If some of our best work came to life each year at our flagship Symposium, why weren’t we sharing…

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2019 Doc Film Workshop

We are pleased to announce the 2019 SFA Documentary Film Workshop. The week-long workshop will be held at the SFA…

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Summer 2019 Oral History Workshop

We are pleased to announce the 2019 summer oral history workshop. The workshop will be held at the SFA headquarters on…

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2019 Summer Film Internships

The Southern Foodways Alliance seeks applications for our paid Summer Documentary Film Internships to encourage and nurture emerging documentary filmmakers.

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Birmingham At Work

SFA commissioned artist Celestia Morgan to create a series of portraits documenting restaurant labor across Birmingham…

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A New Recipe for Charlotte

As Charlotte works to rebrand itself as a destination for food and drink, it has to choose which stories to tell.

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Pop-Up Identity: Dinner Series Cultivate Belonging

Chefs stage pop-up dinners to tell stories, many of them focused on identity.

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A Table for All? The Pay-What-You-Can Phenomenon

At the FARM Café in Boone, North Carolina, diners can pay $10 for meal—or they can pay nothing. The restaurant, one of dozens of its kind, follows a pay-what-you-can model.

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Home-Cooked Expectations: Dinner Under Pressure

In the United States, home-cooked meals with family are revered almost to the point of fetishization. Dinners are seen as moral imperatives for happy, healthy families.

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Bottled Myth: Two Parts Nostalgia, One Part Moonshine

Legal moonshine production—funny as that sounds—has exploded in the South.

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Hospitality Industry Crisis Resource List

Dr. Patricia Bundy and Melany Bundy Robinson developed this resource list for industry professionals who seek to…

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Remembering Karen Barker

SFA friend and Lifetime Achievement Award winner Karen Barker passed away February 2, 2019.

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Drink & Dine in Birmingham

Our 2019 food & drink recommendations for Birmingham, AL.

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