The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Gravy
Thirty years ago, my hometown of Smithfield, North Carolina, launched what the Washington Post later called “A War In…
Food is the product of love and labor, usually in equal parts. When left behind, it reminds us that our loved ones were…
A poem by Sandra Beasley, inspired by the artwork of Brooke Hatfield.
The Georgia peach is an icon, serving as shorthand for Southern beauty, hospitality, sweetness, and agrarian identity.…
Sandra Beasley, author of three poetry collections and a memoir, contributed two poems to our winter issue of Gravy.
There are no debates about cultural respect or appropriation; tonight, everyone is a Mexican. That’s the magic of the…
Sandra Beasley, author of three poetry collections and a memoir, contributed two poems to Gravy #58: Winter Reading.
“Nothing just happens. These are things that I’ve always believed in, and everything you believe in finds expression in…
The Southern food conversation is taking place in academic institutions, on the radio, in films, on blogs, on social…
