The Southern Foodways Alliance documents and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the American South. We set a common table where black and white, rich and poor -- all who gather -- may consider our history and our future in a spirit of reconciliation.

We stage symposia on food culture, produce documentary films, publish compendiums of great writing, and – perhaps most important – preserve, promote, and chronicle our region’s culinary standard bearers. We’re talking white tablecloth chefs and fried chicken cooks, barbecue pitmasters and peanut farmers.

The SFA is a member-supported organization of more than 800 people. Chefs and academics, writers and eaters: all are active participants. Though we are a lean and efficient organization with a three-person staff, our work has great impact. In the Atlantic Monthly, Corby Kummer dubbed the SFA “this country’s most intellectually engaged food society.”

The Southern Foodways Alliance is an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture with headquarters at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Visit our website at www.southernfoodways.com

Interested in joining the SFA? Go to www.southernfoodways.com/join.shtml

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The Southern Foodways Alliance documents and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the American South. We set a common table where black and white, rich and poor -- all who gather -- may consider our history and our future in a spirit of reconciliation.

We stage symposia on food culture, produce documentary films, publish compendiums of great writing, and – perhaps most important – preserve, promote, and chronicle our region’s culinary standard bearers. We’re talking white tablecloth chefs... (read more)