Here’s Why You Should Care About Southern Food

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The food of the South is one of the most complicated, complex, contradictory cuisines in the U.S. This is the region where a monumental mixing of crops and culinary traditions gave way to one of the most punishing, damaging monocultures in the country; where food born in violence and slavery led to delicious, nutritious dishes. It’s also the region that laid the tablecloth for seasonal, farm-to-table dining, as well as drive-through fast food. In this episode, authors Michael Twitty and John T. Edge, two of the nation’s leading voices on Southern food, take listeners on a tour through their shared history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Lisa Ling, a journalist and host.
0:07.2	And I'm Hoon Lee, but you may know me as Chao on the Max original series War Year, based
0:11.7	on the writings of Bruce Lee.
0:13.4	After every new episode, join us here Hoon and I, and a series of special guests are
0:18.6	going to discuss how the show is made.
0:21.0	So, stream War Year season 3, starting June 29 only on Max.
0:25.5	And join us here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:31.0	On July 21st, the cinematic experience of the summer arrives.
0:37.0	Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an epic thriller about the
0:40.8	man who risked destroying the world for the one chance to save it.
0:45.0	Featuring an incredible cast, including Robert Downey Jr., Emily Bluntz, Oscar Winner's
0:48.9	Matt Damon and Kenneth Brandock, Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, and Killian Murphy at
0:53.7	J. Robert Oppenheimer.
0:55.9	I think theaters to lie 21st rated R.
0:57.9	The Southern Disconferator was basically a means to kind of like rip open the sutures
1:08.4	and figure out a way to unravel the smith of the, you know, comfortable old South ever
1:16.5	in rebellion.
1:17.5	It's always 1865 yesterday.
1:21.1	And you know, if you're African-American, that vision really doesn't suit you.
1:26.6	The South is ours as well.
1:28.4	We built the South with a lot of other people, but we were the main builders of the colonial
1:32.7	and interbellum South's infrastructure, economy, worldview, food waste.
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