The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Oral History
Fellowship through food is a way for faith families to connect, convey culture, and share abundance. Listen to these faith leaders and congregation members speak of how they experience and express their faith through food.
Interview
Shelia Grier attends Bethel AME Church in the Rosedale community of Homewood, Alabama.
Dr. Patricia Outlaw is the former pastor of Bethel AME Church in the Rosedale community of Homewood, Alabama.
Norma Ajlouny, born in 1953, grew up in the Southside neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. As a child she attended St.…
Father Justin Rose pastors St. George Melkite Greek-Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Adele Boohaker attends St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Paul Bolus attends St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
David Ivey, born in 1955, grew up on Sand Mountain in Northeast Alabama. He often says he started singing Sacred Harp…
Lucy Heidorn is a retired English teacher and a life-long Sacred Harp singer. Born in 1936, Heidorn grew up in Sayre, a…