The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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Film
Just off Nolensville Pike on the southern outskirts of Nashville lies Little Kurdistan—a thriving community of Kurdish…
Gravy Podcast
Sticky rice. It may not be the first dish you expect to be served in a double-wide trailer in the mountain South, but…
Interview
The Southern Foodways Alliance and Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q created the Southern BBQ Trail in an effort to document the…
Oral History
Barbecue, barbeque, bar-b-q, BBQ: there are almost as many spellings as there are kinds of barbecue, as if the…
In 1960, Gola “Goldie” Marshall and his wife, Hattie, purchased Rosette’s Grill, a little restaurant in Vicksburg on…
Gumbo. So many versions, so many cooks, so many contradictions. Such as: Only use a roux with poultry, filé with…
Food can be a tie that binds, a constant. Food can also function as one of the defining characteristics of regional and…
Better known for its association with cotton and catfish, the Mississippi Delta has a fascinating relationship with the…
Gravy
Belonging on the Line Many Latino Americans—myself included—have found community in restaurant work. What happens now?…
