A look into the agricultural and culinary history of the American South and the challenges of its reclaiming farming and cooking traditions. Southern food is Am
From grits to deep-fried okra, from barbecue to corn bread, Southern food stirs greater loyalty and passion than any American cuisine. Yet as the crops that onc
In recent years, food writers and historians have begun to retell the story of southern food. Heirloom ingredients and traditional recipes have been rediscovere
The focus on barbecue in this book uncovers how processes and rhetoric surrounding a specific food product, and food culture as a whole, shape the food appearin