The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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The Cherokee Drive Inn is so old that — with its numerous locations, owners, and iterations — no one knows for sure…
Paul Crechale opened his eponymous restaurant off Highway 80 outside downtown Jackson in 1956. A native of the Greek…
Dr. Alvin Brent opened his pharmacy in late 1946 in the Fondren neighborhood, which at that time was just outside the…
Mary Harden remembers, at a young age, working alongside her grandfather at the family’s small, neighborhood grocery,…
Eddie and Rubye Bennett opened their eponymous Snack Bar in 1981. Today, it is run by their daughter, Pat—you can find…
Sylvester Collins had a dream. After countless years cooking in several Jackson-area restaurant kitchens, the mother of…
The Mayflower began as a hamburger stand, started by a pair of Greek immigrants and friends from the deeply-Orthodox…
Peter Zouboukos, born Panagiotis Constantine Zouboukos but known throughout Jackson as Mr. Pete, came to America from…
After serving as a cook in the Greek Navy, Bill Matheos migrated to the United States in 1968.
