The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
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Nothing illustrates the invention of Appalachia better than Dollywood.
In contemporary country songs, whiskey partners with other themes—agrarian, patriotic, rural—to solidify the…
In the 1960s, Piedmont Label boasted a booming art department. If something could be canned, Piedmont could label it:…
The cake is so tied to New Orleans that it’s hard to taste the cultural amalgam from which it sprang.
The idea of Memphis helped a Chicano from Southern California teach one of the squarest places in the U.S. how to be…
Moonshine distilleries in East Tennessee are a bit of fun for tourists—and big business for the state.
The matrix vegetable may be European in origin, and the African hand is still tasted in the seasoning of the pot.
Owning a gallon vat of cheese dip revealed more emotional complexities than I expected.
Thirty years ago, my hometown of Smithfield, North Carolina, launched what the Washington Post later called “A War In…