The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Film
Hanan Shabazz, of North Carolina, is the 2020 Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award winner.
Oral History
Charlotte’s Central Avenue reveals a history of the city’s shifting demographics, from white, working-class textile…
SFA founding members Ben and Karen Barker explain the importance of restaurant workers to the SFA audience.
Applying Pressure shares the work of Sarah Bowen, 2019 Egerton Prize Winner. Film by Ava Lowrey.
SFA founding member Marlene Osteen explains the power of SFA events.
SFA founding member Ronni Lundy explains the importance of critique, and how SFA opens those conversations.
Interview
In 1996, Purvis became the full-time food editor of the Charlotte Observer, writing about local, regional, and national…
Debbie Moose was the food editor of the Raleigh News and Observer from 1990 to 1998. Moose recognized that food writing…
Anderson’s journalism career focused on food and travel. She worked at Ladies’ Home Journal, was a founding editor of…
