A Pair of Poems About Fried Chicken
How To Eat Fried Chicken by Kellie Webb The table, coarse oak at its best, Settles in the earth, Its roots strong, deep. Sister snaps the cloth, White as the snow that never falls here, It fluffs,...
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The Real Roots of Southern Cuisine
An interview with Atlanta Chef Todd Richards by Beth McKibben. I recently sat down with Chef Todd Richards of The Shed at Glenwood in Atlanta to continue our discussion on Southern food and slavery....
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Soul Food Junkies
A new documentary film agrees that soul food tastes good, but asks is it worth it? by Erin Z. Bass A new film by Byron Hurt, “Soul Food Junkies” premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens series Monday...
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Brake For Fast Food
It’s not homegrown, sustainable or even good for you, but sometimes fast food is a necessity on the road. We offer up seven Southern chains doing it right. Fast food, like e-cigarettes and Netflix...
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Perfect Southern Fried Chicken
Beloved Mississippi food blogger Mary Foreman has a brand new cookbook out. Titled after her blog Deep South Dish, the book is a collection of her homestyle Southern recipes like this perfect fried...
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Hopscotch Buttermilk Fried Chicken
In Oakland, California, Chef Kyle Itani is trying his hand at Southern food by offering a “Bucket ‘O’ Chicken” all day every day at his restaurant Hopscotch. Eight pieces of the buttermilk fried...
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Southern Food Rushes West
Comfort food makes its way to San Francisco, with plenty of chicken and waffles, pimento cheese and sweet tea appearing on Bay Area menus. A trend that arguably began to spread in San Francisco when...
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The Culture of Southern Food
With so many different cuisines across the country, pinpointing a person’s favorite can be difficult, if not impossible. Each one is steeped in its own traditions, ingredients, recipes, history and...
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Can Southern Food Be Healthy?
Southern food gets a bad rap sometimes due to its emphasis on frying, gravy and bacon. The origins of Southern food are actually much simpler and healthier, with a focus on vegetables and ingredients...
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