The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Volume 7: Foodways
Edited by John T. Edge
Charles Reagan Wilson, General Editor
336 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 50 illus., bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-5840-0
Published: September 2007 -
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4696-1652-0
Published: February 2014
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Articles in this volume explore the richness of southern foodways, examining not only what southerners eat but also why they eat it. The volume contains 149 articles, almost all of them new to this edition of the Encyclopedia. Longer essays address the historical development of southern cuisine and ethnic contributions to the region's foodways. Topical essays explore iconic southern foods such as MoonPies and fried catfish, prominent restaurants and personalities, and the food cultures of subregions and individual cities. The volume is destined to earn a spot on kitchen shelves as well as in libraries.
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi
About the Author
John T. Edge is director of the Southern Foodways Alliance. He is author of several books, including Fried Chicken: An American Story, and serves as general editor of the book series Cornbread Nation: The Best of Southern Food Writing (volumes 1, 2, and 3 of which are available from the University of North Carolina Press). Charles Reagan Wilson is director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi and coeditor of the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
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Reviews
"A primer on the nation's foremost regional cuisine."--The Courier
"A delicious repast, encompassing the regional specialties of Southern cooking from biscuits to benne, from Coca-Cola cake to stack cakes, from collard greens to red beans and rice."--Georgia Library Quarterly
"The volume offers much food for thought as well as food descriptions sure to make folks hungry."--The Herald-Sun
“This first-of-its-kind study of Southern foodways is intellectual enough for history buffs and entertaining enough for kitchen cooks.”--Delta Magazine
"A delightful and informative read, so much so that it can be read straight through as a highly readable introduction to southern foodways. It of course serves equally well as a reference work."--Western Folklore
"The fact that southern food, real southern food, is thriving in an age of homogenization, globalization, and desensitization is due in no small part to the efforts of John T. Edge and the Southern Foodways Alliance. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture is their testament. Anyone even mildly curious about what it is to be southern will find nothing here but the truth. Amen, and pass the okra."--Alton Brown