The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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Our 2019 food & drink recommendations for Birmingham, AL.
In this Nuevo South, as in the South of my father, divisive rhetoric reverberates, echoing a larger national debate…
My little tiptoe trips to Montgomery opened up a new world to me—and brought me face-to-face with one of my greatest…
Change comes in many forms. During the spring in Alabama it sometimes comes from the horizon, a funnel-shaped cloud…
My parents left Alabama, the place. They made good lives in Detroit. But they never left Alabama, the ideal.
"Fourth of July dinner isn’t much different now than it was in 1962, when there was nothing green on the table but…
Nowruz, or Persian New Year, is an annual secular festival timed to the spring equinox. Feasts served over thirteen…
From souvlaki to hot dogs, baklava to snapper throats, and barbecue to meat-and-threes, the South and Greece intertwine…
Would you call meatloaf, sandwiched with sautéed spinach and a fried egg, “soul food”? Or would you call okra, served…
