"Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney ..."
"The fifth volume in this popular series from the Southern Foodways Alliance spans the food cultures of the South Cornbread Nation 5 lovingly edited by accomplished food writer Fred W Sauceman celebrates food and the ways in which it forges unexpected relationships between people and places In this collection of more than seventy essays and poems we read about the food that provides nourishment as well as a sense of community and shared ..."