Category Archive: Southern Foodways Alliance

Foodie Heaven with a Southern Twist

Today was our first day at our first Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium. We’re spending the night tonight in the beautiful Alluvian hotel in Greenwood, MS after an absolutely perfect evening. We’ve seen great sites like the factory floor of the Viking Refrigeration Systems facility and the memorabilia from the early days of the Viking Corporation …

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Whole Hog Hamboree in Oxford

The great folks at the Southern Foodways Alliance and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council are putting on two great events next week. These events are the epitome of great events. Yes, they are SFA events, and they are barbecue events. Monday’s event will be a free brown bag lunch with a speaker discussing whole hog barbecue. …

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Potlikker Film Festival: Houston

Saturday, July 21, at St. Arnold’s Brewery in Houston, Texas, the Southern Foodways Alliance presents the Potlikker Film Festival. The festival will present some of the films of SFA filmaker Joe York and Houston filmmaker Maureen McNamara. Of course, there will be food from Houston chefs and beer from St. Arnold’s as well. Best of …

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Pigging Out and About

This September, The American Table Culinary Tours is offering a tour of one of the most famous and influential food cities on earth, Memphis, Tennessee. The director of The American Table, Hanna Raskin, was the official “field trip maven” of the Southern Foodways Alliance. After the SFA cut back on travel events, Hanna started her …

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The Donut Shoppe: Ginalicious!

(If you are reading this on an RSS feed, click through to see the slideshow.)In addition to an itinerary of events, the Southern Foodways Alliance provided us with a list of local places recommended for excellent dining. One place definitely caught our eye, The Donut Shoppe across the river from Florence in Muscle Shoals. The …

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