“Most Southerners recognize when a story about their own experience feels off-kilter or offensive. But Southerners are also fascinated by the way their region is presented in popular culture. It is exciting to see how filmmakers take great care to present worlds in which race, region, and food are deeply intertwined.” WorldCareCultureExcitingFilmmakerOffensivePopular CultureSoutherner 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