Southern Foodways Alliance

Southern Foodways Alliance

The Southern Foodways Alliance is dedicated to documenting and examining the rich variety of food traditions in the evolving American South. Located at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, we collect oral histories, create films and podcasts, publish original content, support research, guide students, and organize events that promote inclusivity and progress throughout the Southern region.

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  • 1 week ago | southernfoodways.org | Melissa Booth Hall

    Happy, Happy Birthday A probably too-deep dive into the song most likely to accompany your lava cake by Alice LaussadeIllustrations by Iris GottliebAs a server-in-training at Bennigan’s, “a high-energy neighborhood restaurant and tavern” in the Galleria Dallas mall in the 1990s, you must learn every ingredient in every dish on the menu before you can earn your apron.

  • 2 weeks ago | southernfoodways.org | Melissa Booth Hall

    Getting In on the Ground Floor In Charleston, some apartment complexes offer in-building restaurants. In the age of delivery, do residents care? by Hanna RaskinIllustrations by Delphine LeeMarc and Liz Hudacsko don’t just own a restaurant on the ground floor of downtown Charleston’s Meeting Street Lofts, a sprawling residential complex that opened in 2019.

  • 1 month ago | southernfoodways.org | Melissa Booth Hall

    Stay Golden I’m always ready for another helping at my favorite chain buffet. by S. Farhan MustafaPhotos by Andrew AlbrightMy first trip to Golden Corral was in my hometown of Greenville, North Carolina, in 1992. The restaurant had just opened and welcomed us in all its new, freshly carpeted glory, its interior the size of a small airplane hangar.

  • 1 month ago | southernfoodways.org | Melissa Booth Hall

    A Comeback Story The Mayflower Cafe serves a new Jackson. by Olivia Ware TerenzioPhotos by Eric SheltonNearly every Friday night for the past three decades, Judge Rhesa Barksdale and his wife, Claire, have dined at the Mayflower Cafe, a seafood restaurant in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Rhesa, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, would take clients there for dinner early in his career, when he practiced law from an office nearby.

  • 1 month ago | southernfoodways.org | Brooks Lamb |Melissa Booth Hall

    A Tough Row to Hoe Small and midsized farms face serious challenges. Still, argues a Tennessee farm advocate, they’re worth saving. by Brooks LambPhotos by Kathleen GreesonJess Wilson farms on forty acres in Monteagle, Tennessee. She and her husband, Nate Wilson, have cobbled their land together, buying different parcels at different times. Throughout their farming careers, they have grown a variety of fruits and vegetables. They’ve kept bees and milked goats.

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