"Take the Woods Ballistic! Black Belt Nightlife" disrupts the sleepy picture of rural life by taking you into its nightlife.... more

Alabama’s Black Belt has always been a place of migration: the site of both forced and elective movement. Today, our... more

For generations, rural families in the Alabama Black Belt grew and hunted what they needed to sustain themselves. Wild game... more

In "Cooking up a Living in Alabama," we visit Thomas and Tommie Taylor of T-N-T BBQ in York and Martha... more

"New Stewards on Old Homesteads in Alabama" is a contemporary look at Alabama's Black Belt land and its stewards: often... more

"Pesach in Blacksburg," by Erika Meitner. Featured in Vinegar & Char: Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance. University of Georgia... more

"Grace," by Jake Adam York. Featured in Vinegar & Char: Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance. University of Georgia Press,... more

You’d be hard-pressed to find a major city in the United States that doesn’t have Indian food. Despite some of... more

The Cuban sandwich. If it’s made with ingredients someone else doesn’t like, you might find yourself in an hours-long argument... more

Arab American and Middle Eastern immigrants have had a unique experience in the U.S. With a history that dates back... more