"Everybody has one in their collection You know one of those old spiral or plastic tooth bound cookbooks sold to support a high school marching band a church or the local chapter of the Junior League These recipe collections reflect with unimpeachable authenticity the dishes that define communities chicken and dumplings macaroni and cheese chess pie When the Southern Foodways Alliance began curating a cookbook it was to these spiral boun ..."
"How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region, Southerners share their lives in food, with a complex mix of stories of belonging and not belonging and of traditions that form identities of m ..."
The Potlikker Papers(Reprint) A Food History of the Modern South by JohnT. Edge Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2018 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-311101-6, ISBN: 0-14-311101-9
"The sixteen essays in "The Larder" argue that the study of food does not simply help us understand more about what we eat and the foodways we embrace. The methods and strategies herein help scholars use food and foodways as lenses to examine human experience. The resulting conversations provoke a deeper understanding of our overlapping, historically situated, and evolving cultures and societies. "The Larder" presents some of the most in ..."
A Gracious Plenty Recipes and Recollections from the American South by JohnT. Edge, Ellen Rolfes Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2002 by Hp Trade ISBN-13: 978-1-55788-388-9, ISBN: 1-55788-388-2
"There is a calmness to this book, and it comes from an assured knowledge rising out of the kind of scholarship that sets aside popular mythology in favor of the ways things actually are and have been. No U.S. region suffers more from popular mythology, some of it benign, much of it mocking and cruel, than the South. Author-editor John T. Edge encourages the reader of A Gracious Plenty to taste the South for what it is and has been. ..."
A Gracious Plenty(1st Edition) by JohnT. Edge, Ellen Rolfes Hardcover, 365 Pages, Published 1999 by Putnam Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-399-14534-6, ISBN: 0-399-14534-6
"The hungrily awaited sixth volume in the Cornbread Nation series tells the story of the American South--circa now--through the prism of its food and the people who grow, make, serve, and eat it. The modern South serves up a groaning board of international cuisines virtually unknown to previous generations of Southerners, notes Brett Anderson in his introduction. Southern food, like the increasingly globalized South, shows an open and co ..."
"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 ..."
"This new collection in the Southern Foodways Alliance's popular series serves up a fifty-three-course celebration of southern foods, southern cooking, and the people and traditions behind them. Editors Dale Volberg Reed and John Shelton Reed have combed magazines, newspapers, books, and journals to bring us a "best of" gathering that is certain to satisfy everyone from omnivorous chowhounds to the most discerning student of regional foo ..."
Hamburgers and Fries(1st Edition) An American Story by JohnT. Edge Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2005 by Putnam Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-399-15274-0, ISBN: 0-399-15274-1
"Acclaimed food writer and cultural historian John T. Edge continues his sumptuous feast of a series on iconic American foods-with recipes included. With Fried Chicken and Apple Pie, John T. Edge launched a series of short books that celebrate American culture through the lore of our favorite foods. Now, with Hamburgers & Fries, Edge continues his quest to discover the very essence of America through the dishes we love and cherish. Acr ..."
The Potlikker Papers A Food History of the Modern South by JohnT. Edge Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2017 by Penguin Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59420-655-9, ISBN: 1-59420-655-4
Donuts An American Passion by JohnT. Edge Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2006 by Thorndike Pr Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-8774-1, ISBN: 0-7862-8774-8
Recipes for Respect African American Meals and Meaning (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and Place Ser.) by Professor Rafia Zafar, JohnT. Edge, Sara Camp Milam Paperback, 148 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5367-8, ISBN: 0-8203-5367-1
"Food studies, once trendy, has settled into the public arena. In the academy, scholarship on food and literary culture constitutes a growing river within literary and cultural studies, but writing on African American food and dining remains a tributary. Recipes for Respect bridges this gap, illuminating the role of foodways in African American culture as well as the contributions of Black cooks and chefs to what has been considered the ..."
Creole Italian Sicilian Immigrants and the Shaping of New Orleans Food Culture (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and Place Ser.) by Justin A. Nystrom, JohnT. Edge, Sara Camp Milam Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5355-5, ISBN: 0-8203-5355-8
"In Creole Italian, Justin A. Nystrom explores the influence Sicilian immigrants have had on New Orleans foodways. His culinary journey follows these immigrants from their first impressions on Louisiana food culture in the mid-1830s and along their path until the 1970s. Each chapter touches on events that involved Sicilian immigrants and the relevancy of their lives and impact on New Orleans. Sicilian immigrants cut sugarcane, sold groce ..."
Creole Italian Sicilian Immigrants and the Shaping of New Orleans Food Culture (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and Place Ser.) by Justin A. Nystrom, JohnT. Edge, Sara Camp Milam Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5356-2, ISBN: 0-8203-5356-6
"In Creole Italian, Justin A. Nystrom explores the influence Sicilian immigrants have had on New Orleans foodways. His culinary journey follows these immigrants from their first impressions on Louisiana food culture in the mid-1830s and along their path until the 1970s. Each chapter touches on events that involved Sicilian immigrants and the relevancy of their lives and impact on New Orleans. Sicilian immigrants cut sugarcane, sold groce ..."
Catfish Dream Ed Scott's Fight for His Family Farm and Racial Justice in the Mississippi Delta (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and Place Ser.) by Julian Rankin, JohnT. Edge Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5359-3, ISBN: 0-8203-5359-0
"Catfish Dream centers around the experiences, family, and struggles of Ed Scott Jr. (born in 1922), a prolific farmer in the Mississippi Delta and the first ever nonwhite owner and operator of a catfish plant in the nation.Both directly and indirectly, the economic and political realities of food and subsistence affect the everyday lives of Delta farmers and the people there. Ed’s own father, Edward Sr., was a former sharecropper turned ..."
Hog Meat and Hoecake(Reprint) Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860 (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and Place Ser.) by Sam Bowers Hilliard, James C. Cobb, JohnT. Edge, Sara Camp Milam Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4676-2, ISBN: 0-8203-4676-4
"When historical geographer Sam B. Hilliard's book Hog Meat and Hoecake was published in 1972, it was ahead of its time. It was one of the first scholarly examinations of the important role food played in a region's history, culture, and politics, and it has since become a landmark of foodways scholarship. In the book Hilliard examines the food supply, dietary habits, and agricultural choices of the antebellum American South, including ..."