In Memory of Anne Moody
African American writer and activist Anne Moody passed away at the age of 74 in her home in Gloster, Mississippi on February 5th, 2015.
View ArticleOscar fever? Here are this week’s food film events
SFA has food film recommendations for you this week, in case the Oscars has you hungry for screen time.
View ArticleClick Here, Watch This: Delta Flavor
“Clarksdale…is known for the Blues. But it’s gonna be known for gelato as well.”
View ArticleA Helping of Gravy: Meat
Growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, I didn't know anyone who didn't eat meat.
View ArticleLeaving and Returning to the South in Gravy Episode 13
Pen Travis's story begins and ends with farming in Mississippi, but there's a whole lot in between.
View ArticleThirsty Thursday: The Southern Brewery Edition
In college towns like Oxford, Mississippi, "summer" begins when classes end, no matter if the solstice is still a month away.
View ArticleLearn about the Last Jews of Natchez in Gravy Ep. 14
Robin Amer returns to the dwindling Jewish community in Natchez, Mississippi to see what’s left of the traditions that characterized her youth.
View ArticleDee Dee’s Kitchen
Robin Amer follows up on Gravy podcast "The Last Jews of Natchez," complicating the history of black women cooking in the south.
View ArticleNothing Coral Can Stay
In honor of a good season, here's Cleta Ellington describing her family's crawfish boil ritual as only she can.
View ArticleWhat is the Southern Foodways Symposium?
Check out these videos from last year's symposium to get an idea of what awaits. Hint: It's more than just great food.
View ArticleThe Tamale Trail at Ten
In 2005, oral historian and photographer Amy C. Evans set out to document the tamale culture of the Mississippi Delta for the SFA.
View ArticleBiloxi’s Multicultural Shrimping Communities
Sue Nguyen turned to me and said, “I wish you could’ve seen Biloxi before.” By “before,” of course, she meant before the storm.
View ArticleA Spoken Dish: After Katrina
Friends of SFA share personal stories of the role of food in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
View ArticleField Notes: Latham’s Hamburger Inn
Wally Rakestraw knows when someone new walks into Latham's Hamburger Inn, because he has to make sure he explains to them that "you know it's a doughburger, right?"
View ArticleConsidering the Mississippi Coast
With so much attention focused on New Orleans, it can be easy to forget how much residents elsewhere—particularly in Mississippi—were devastated by Hurricane Katrina and how hard they had to work to...
View Article#SFA15: Saturday/Sunday Recap
Watch recap videos from our 18th Southern Foodways Symposium, thanks to the team at HedHi Media in Charleston, South Carolina.
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: #SFA15
Stories from the 18th Southern Foodways Symposium, as told by your phones and feeds.
View ArticleKiese Laymon: Of Freshness and Stank, Grandmama and Outkast
From six in the morning until five in the afternoon, five days a week, for thirty years, my Grandmama Catherine’s fingers, palms, and wrists wandered deep in the bellies of dead chickens.
View ArticleSFA Films at the Oxford Film Festival
Join SFA on Wednesday February 17 from 6 to 9pm as we kick off the Oxford Film Festival with an evening of food and films.
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