Documenting, studying, and celebrating the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Oral History Project Index
Florida’s Forgotten Coast – Home
WORKING THE BAY
Melanie
Cooper Covell
James Hicks
Monette
Hicks
Monica
Lemieux
Carl McCaplan
James & Betty
McNeill
Charles &
Rex Pennycuff
A. L. Quick
Henry Tindell
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Wes Birdsong
Corky Richards
Bobby Shiver
Charles
Thompson
Genaro
“Jiggs” Zingarelli
PROCESSING THE CATCH
Terry Dean
Grady Leavins
Lynn Martina
Fred Millender
Janice
Richards
Anthony
Taranto
Tommy Ward
THE SWEET SIDE
Donald Smiley
George
Watkins
VINTAGE APALACH
Seafood
& Honey
WHERE TO EAT
Apalach
Eateries
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Interviews & photographs by Amy Evans Streeter.
This project sponsored by the St.
Joe Company.
Florida's
Forgotten Coast: Life on the Apalachicola Bay
The Florida's Forgotten Coast Oral History Project pays homage to the men and women who have long worked the water, tonging for oysters, casting nets for shrimp and fish, and cultivating soft-shell crabs. People have drawn their livelihoods from the Apalachicola Bay and surrounding waters for generations, but their way of life is changing. These people tell stories of the days when schools of mullet were thick in the water and when tupelo honey was a local find, not a Hollywood star. More than fish tales and folklore, these are the stories of the men and women who have depended on the Apalachicola Bay for generations. They are stories from Florida’s Forgotten Coast.
