The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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When I think of family gatherings, I taste Summer Drink and see flour-dusted dough.
Certainly, there is beauty inherent in the diaspora, in being a part of a family with roots that stretch across…
I think about food as a sort of genealogy, an act that remembers loved ones and keeps communities alive.
"Fourth of July dinner isn’t much different now than it was in 1962, when there was nothing green on the table but…
When I think back on the weeks following that tragedy, I remember the casseroles.
Poet TJ Jarrett delivered her poem "Thanksgiving" at our 2016 Summer Foodways Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee.
It wasn’t a recipe for creamed corn; it was her corn, made by her hands.
Growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, I didn't know anyone who didn't eat meat.