“In studying food, you embrace everything. Food exposes the long, complex history of the South - slavery, Jim Crow segregation, class struggle, extreme hunger, sexism, and disenfranchisement. These issues are revealed through food encounters, and they contrast this with the pleasure and the inventiveness of Southern cuisine. Food is always at the heart of daily life in the South.” HeartLongPleasureStruggleStudySlaveryEmbraceHungerDaily LifeSexismSouthernContrastSegregationCrowJim CrowInventiveness Author:Marcie Cohen Ferris
“The core cuisine of Southern food is established in the plantation South, within the world of slavery. To understand the plantation table, we must understand the relationship of enslaved people to Africa, to historical trauma, and their central role in food production. Their voice is the most poignant, expressive voice in Southern cuisine.” PeopleWorldSlaveryHistoricalTraumaSouthernPoignant Author:Marcie Cohen Ferris
“The South is about the abundance, beauty, and richness of Southern culture, but also its dark underside. The history of Southern food reflects the history of slavery, of poverty, of the negotiation of power.” CultureDarkPovertySlaveryAbundanceSouthernNegotiation Author:Marcie Cohen Ferris