Southern Foodways Alliance

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The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.

Based at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, we share oral histories, produce films and podcasts, publish great writing, sponsor scholarship, mentor students, and stage events that serve as progressive and inclusive catalysts for the greater South.

Donations from generous individuals, foundations, and companies fund our good work.

Series

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154 Pieces

Gravy is the SFA’s collection of original stories—fresh, unexpected, and thought-provoking. Like all of the SFA’s work, Gravy shares stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat.


Pieces

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Gravy visits Mama Dip's Kitchen, a family-owned restaurant that has served Chapel Hill for over 50 years. What will happen now that the family plan...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 22:05
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Gravy tells the story of how three black women created a soul food institution in one of the whitest parts of the San Fernando Valley that still th...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 23:20
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Gravy takes a deeper look at a humble but ubiquitous pantry staple—the bouillon cube.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 23:37
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Gravy explores the histories underlying the balikbayan box, a tradition where Filipinos in the U.S. send gift boxes to family in the Philippines.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 27:25
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Gravy takes listeners to Bayou La Batre, on Alabama's Gulf Coast, for the annual blessing of the fleet. But things look different this year.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 26:17
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Gravy visits Laredo, Texas, which shares history, culture, and memory with its sister city across the border, Nuevo Laredo. The story of the famed ...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 25:45
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Gravy joins the Avila and Aguirre families for a celebratory reunion and cabrito cookout at their YY Ranch. Listen to learn about cabrito tradition...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 21:49
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Gravy visits Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, where Vietnamese congregants host a monthly fundraiser selling such dishes as bun, egg rolls, and shrimp.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 23:39
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Gravy takes listeners to Galveston to learn about its Sicilian heritage.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 21:31
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Gravy takes us to the small, Central Texas town of Serbin, where the locals take their noodles seriously.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 22:06