Welcome to the SFA

Welcome to the Southern Foodways Alliance -- an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture with headquarters at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.

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.

Past Symposia

2005 The Sweet Life - Sugar and the South

2004 Southern Food in Black & White

2003
Appalachia: Exploring the Land and the Larder

2002
Barbecue: Smoke, Sauce and History

2001
From the Farm to the Table

2000
Travelin' On: Southern Food En Route

1999
The Creolization of Southern Cuisine

1998
The Evolution of Southern Cuisine

The Apalachicola Field Trip
May 18-20, 2006
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Join the Southern Foodways Alliance as we travel south to the port city of Apalachicola, Florida. In keeping with SFA programming for 2006, we will focus upon the culinary life and legacy of the Gulf South. We will pay homage to the men and women who have long worked the water, tonging for oysters, casting nets for shrimp and fish. John Gorrie, the local doctor who
invented the ice machine and was a pioneer in refrigeration and air conditioning, will get his due. We'll taste Tupelo honey, smoked mullet, and oysters spiked with Tabasco. We'll gather around a beachside bonfire and savor what the South's best chefs can do with the South's best seafood.

Experiential learning and great eating, that's what we promise.

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