The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Interview
Eddie Willis began making a living fishing by age thirteen. He opened Mr. Big Seafood, with his father in 1976.
Mila Willis Guthrie and her husband, Barry, opened Seaside Galley on Harkers Island in 1986.
Jan Gillikin is a cook and contributor to Island Born and Bred, a community cookbook written by the women of Harkers…
Ira Lewis was born on August 2, 1918 and spent many years as a waterman of a different kind.
Makeley Lewis was a fisherman and boat builder, who followed the trades of his father and grandfather.
Emma Rose Guthrie was born on March 21, 1933 on Harkers Island. She spent her days on the water, fishing, clamming, and…
Randy Wade is a lifelong shrimper, who began working the waters off Harkers Island as a young boy.
Oral History
Harkers Island, located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, is an island community built on foodways traditions…