Q&A with John T. Edge, author of “The Potlikker Papers”
John T. Edge is a preeminent food and cultural scholar whose work focuses on the modern South. He serves as director of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA), a membership-based organization …
Simran Sethi: How taste can save the foods we love
“I lived in New York City, got my graduate degree in San Francisco…I lived in bubbles of virtuosity, beauty, deliciousness. I moved to Kansas and lived beside people who grew …
How chickens changed the world
One of the most interesting food books of 2014 was Andrew Lawler’s Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. In it, …
History of America through its food
A new book by historian and media executive Libby O’Connell traces American tastes from pemmican to Coca-Cola and beyond. The American Plate: A Culinary History in 100 Bites explores the …