The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Interview
Philipe LaMancusa is an avid ya-ka-mein eater and also a ya-ka-mein scholar, a title we created just for him.
For Maurice Haynes, Magazine Deli Snowball & Ice Cream is the realization of a longtime goal. He opened it in 2009,…
Linda Green had cooked for the Orleans Parish School Board for 25 years by 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit and the…
Lucinda Mitchell describes ya-ka-mein as an African American dish popular because it could be made quickly and on the…
If Chip Flanagan isn’t the first chef to put ya-ka-mein on the menu of a white-tablecloth, fine dining restaurant in…
Oral History
Ya-ka-mein. Yakimi. Yet-ca-mein. Yak e mein. Yacamein. Ya-ka-meat. Yaka mein. Just to call out a few of the ways you…