The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Interview
Even in a town like Biloxi, it’s not often someone can claim seven generations of fishing heritage. The line in Frank…
Sammy Montiforte literally owes his life to the seafood industry: his parents met when his father arrived to unload his…
Todd Rosetti didn’t actually start his career at the University of Southern Mississippi thinking he would run the…
A distant relative of a local restaurateur, Georgo came as a teenager to escape Tito’s Communist regime, working as a…
Peter went to school and helped his father on the boat, until he turned 18 and quit his schooling to help full time.…
When Leroy Duvall refers to himself as “one of the younger people,” it’s despite his 64 years, but it’s without a trace…
After 40 years in the business, Mr. Richard is accustomed to change. He’s watched the collapse of the local oyster…
Corky, the child of immigrants himself, grew up during a time when all his neighbors on land grew grapes for their own…
For over a hundred years in Biloxi, immigrants have come to work in the seafood industry, fueled by the notion that…