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The
Newsletter for the Southern Foodways
Alliance |
Symposium
and Field Trip
Programming Announced |
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For 2003, SFA turns its attention to
Appalachia. With this year’s
programming we seek to more closely tie the Field Trip
to the Southern Foodways Symposium. Both the August
1-3 Field Trip to Asheville, North Carolina, and the
October 2-5 symposium here in Oxford will highlight
the people, the places, the larder of the mountain
South. So mark your calendars for 2003 and keep in
mind that our programming for 2004 will explore
foodways and race relations, beginning with a
Homecoming Field Trip to Birmingham, Alabama.
For those of you chomping at the proverbial bit
in advance of our August gathering, here are a few
details on A Taste of Appalachia: SFA Field Trip to
Asheville and Environs.
Our host will be Biltmore Estate. Probable
highlights include day trips to Sunburst Trout Farm
and Hickory Nut Farm, dinner and dancing at the Orange
Peel Social Aid and Pleasure Club, and wine tastings.
Did we mention the game dinner that Elizabeth Sims and
crew will stage? Or the screening of the cult classic
film Thunder Road? Here’s
hoping you can join us. Look for details in the next
newsletter.
New Editorial Team for Gravy
Allanta Exhibit Debuts: Ice Cream: The Whole Scoop
Exhibit Debuts: What's Cookin' in Cape Fear
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Call for Entries for Cornbread
Nation 2
Our
first compilation of the best Southern food
writing is selling well. We’ve
received kudos from sources as varied as Kirkus
Review and Southern Living. If you
have not yet snagged a copy, we suggest you do
so very soon. Looking ahead to Cornbread
Nation 2--to be edited by Lois Eric
Elie--SFA seeks unpublished and previously
published contemporary fiction, nonfiction,
and a wee bit of poetry. If you have a
suggestion or a submission (especially if it
has to do with barbecue, which will be central
to the text), please email us at sfamail@olemiss.edu.
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New
SFA Board President’s
Letter
Dear
Friends and Colleagues,
Last
month, I stepped into a pair of shoes that will be
a challenge to wear, hoping to muster a little of
the style and grace with which Toni Tipton Martin
has worn them for the last two years. Happily,
Toni will remain close at hand to offer wise
counsel when needed.
We also recently welcomed a fantastic new board of
directors. Three of our guiding lights, Nathalie
Dupree, John Egerton, and Marlene Osteen, retired
this year, and Donna Pierce has regretfully
resigned because her new work at the Chicago
Tribune conflicts with her board
responsibilities, but I’m
happy to report that Hoover Alexander, Carol
Daily, Fred Sauceman, and Elizabeth Sims have
joined our ranks. We’ll
be introducing these new members to you all in
more detail, but know that they are already making
their presence felt in a dynamic way.
As
this new board leads SFA into its fourth year, I
have two main goals. The first is to build a solid
and diverse financial foundation of endowments by
way of continuing corporate support and the
generosity of our growing membership. The second
is to build and enrich our programs, especially
our ongoing work with oral histories.
My
long-term vision goes beyond oral histories.
Someday--and let’s
hope sooner than we think–SFA
will truly be the keeper of the flame, the national
clearinghouse for all things connected with Southern
food, not only as a keeper of cookbooks, journals,
household diaries, letters, and oral histories (both
audio and video), but as the source for information
about other resources throughout our region and
beyond.
Keep those skillets hot!
Damon
Lee Fowler
Southern
Food Alliance Membership Information
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