Join the SFA on the streets of New York for the June 10 and 11 Big Apple Barbecue Block Party. Seminars featuring Lolis Eric Elie, Marcie Ferris, Bill Ferris, Pete Wells, Cheryl Jamison, John T Edge and others.
Also documentaries by the SFA's resident filmmaker, Joe York: Whole Hog, a portrait of barbecue in and around Lexington, Tennessee, will enjoy its NYC debut. And two new shorts produced in partnership with Union Square Hospitality Group -- on Big Bob Gibson's of Alabama and Southside Market of Texas -- will premier.
For more information visit http://www.bigapplebbq.org/
Tuesday, June 6
Monday, May 29
WILLIE MAE'S SCOTCH HOUSE UPDATE
30,000 dollars from last month's James Beard Awards are earmarked for the Willie Mae rebuild effort! Problem is, that still leaves us more than 100,000 dollars to go. For the latest from New Orleans, read Brooks Hamaker's article in Offbeat:
http://www.offbeat.com/listings/restaurants.php
And check out the Miami Herald piece from May 27:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14681005.htm
http://www.offbeat.com/listings/restaurants.php
And check out the Miami Herald piece from May 27:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14681005.htm
Tuesday, May 16
FLORIDA'S FORGOTTEN COAST ORAL HISTORY PROJECT ONLINE!
The Florida's Forgotten Coast Oral History Project pays homage to the men and women who have long worked the water, tonging for oysters, casting nets for shrimp and fish, and cultivating soft-shell crabs. People have drawn their livelihoods from the Apalachicola Bay and surrounding waters for generations, but their way of life is changing. These people tell stories of the days when schools of mullet were thick in the water and when tupelo honey was a local find, not a Hollywood star. More than fish tales and folklore, these are the stories of the men and women who have depended on the Apalachicola Bay for generations. They are stories from Florida's Forgotten Coast.Click on the link above to go to the interviews.
Monday, May 15
EDIBLE LOWCOUNTRY
SFA member, Amanda Dew Manning and her husband, Robert, have published the first issue of Edible Lowcountry, a publication dedicated to celebrating the abundance of Lowcountry foods, season by season. Robert and Amanda hope to transform the way Lowcountry residents shop for, cook, eat and appreciate local food. Through the magazine and its companion website, consumers are connected with local growers, producers, retailers, chefs, artisans and food-based community organizations.
Edible Lowcountry is a quarterly publication. For more information, call toll free: 877-SCTASTE, or visit www.ediblelowcountry.com.
Edible Lowcountry is a quarterly publication. For more information, call toll free: 877-SCTASTE, or visit www.ediblelowcountry.com.
Wednesday, May 10
LEE BROS. BOILED PEANUT HOUR
Lee Bros. Boiled Peanut Hour--sixty minutes of live, totally uncensored southern food talk radio--debuts nationwide this Friday at 10AM EST on Channel 112 (Martha Stewart Living radio) on the Sirius satellite network. SFA's favorite brothers, Matt and Ted Lee, will be taking calls, y'all. Open season. The first topic is Pacific-deep: boiled peanuts.
If you don't subscribe to Sirius (home to Howard Stern, on Channel 100) you can still listen online--www.sirius.com--and everyone is encouraged to phone in with a helpful hint, self-serving question or rude flameout, entirely toll-free: 866-675-6675.
The following week's show is all about southern cookbooks, and will be recorded live from the Book Expo America conference in Washington. Future shows--recorded from Charleston or Harlem--will tackle more hackle-raising subjects like pie crust, country ham, regional soft drinks, Southern food misconceptions, stewed cabbage, hot pepper cultivation and corn grits (yellow or white?).
Like "Car Talk," this fraternal chatter should be entertaining and informative, even for those who don't own or operate smoked ham hocks. We hope you'll listen in!
If you don't subscribe to Sirius (home to Howard Stern, on Channel 100) you can still listen online--www.sirius.com--and everyone is encouraged to phone in with a helpful hint, self-serving question or rude flameout, entirely toll-free: 866-675-6675.
The following week's show is all about southern cookbooks, and will be recorded live from the Book Expo America conference in Washington. Future shows--recorded from Charleston or Harlem--will tackle more hackle-raising subjects like pie crust, country ham, regional soft drinks, Southern food misconceptions, stewed cabbage, hot pepper cultivation and corn grits (yellow or white?).
Like "Car Talk," this fraternal chatter should be entertaining and informative, even for those who don't own or operate smoked ham hocks. We hope you'll listen in!
Thursday, April 20
SAVING WILLIE MAE'S SCOTCH HOUSE
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the SFA catalyzed a series of volunteer-staffed Gulf Coast work projects. They were great successes.
We began January 14, and our efforts are ongoing. SFA members volunteer their time and labor to begin rebuilding Willie Mae's Scotch House, a revered corner cafe in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. We've also helped Leah Chase of Dooky Chase restaurant in the same neighborhood.
To see a brief film about Willie Mae and the Scotch House project, go online.
www.neworleanscvb.com/culturalreports/
WHERE WE STAND
The project is now at a tipping point. Unskilled volunteer labor is no longer needed. What the project needs is money. The projected cost of build-out now tops more than $100,000.
Checks, payable to the Gulf Coast Renaissance Fund, should be mailed to Mary Beth Lasseter, Southern Foodways Alliance, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677. The fund is managed by the University of Mississippi Foundation, and contributions are tax deductible.
Read about this project:
See the PI: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/13977603.htm
See the MCA: http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/travel/article/0,1426,MCA_532_4493711,00.html See CBS Evening News: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=eveningnews
See the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/dining/11orle.html?emc=eta1
See the AJC: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0129seaton.html
See the Gambit: http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/current/restreview.php
See the DMN: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/nation/13698467.htm
See USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-02-05-katrina-willie-maes_x.htm
On the weekend of February 10, volunteers from Viking Range joined us, focusing their efforts on Dooky Chase. Viking also donated hotel rooms at the Monteleone for the February 3 and February 10 weekends.
To see photos from weekend one: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae1/
To see photos from weekend two: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae2/
To see photos from weekend three: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae3/
To see photos from weekend four, a grimey birthday weekend for Mary Beth: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae4
To see photos from weekend five: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae5
Commercial Appeal writer Leslie Kelly worked the final weekend. See photos and read her reports from the city:http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/leslie/
We began January 14, and our efforts are ongoing. SFA members volunteer their time and labor to begin rebuilding Willie Mae's Scotch House, a revered corner cafe in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. We've also helped Leah Chase of Dooky Chase restaurant in the same neighborhood.
To see a brief film about Willie Mae and the Scotch House project, go online.
www.neworleanscvb.com/culturalreports/
WHERE WE STAND
The project is now at a tipping point. Unskilled volunteer labor is no longer needed. What the project needs is money. The projected cost of build-out now tops more than $100,000.
Checks, payable to the Gulf Coast Renaissance Fund, should be mailed to Mary Beth Lasseter, Southern Foodways Alliance, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677. The fund is managed by the University of Mississippi Foundation, and contributions are tax deductible.
Read about this project:
See the PI: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/13977603.htm
See the MCA: http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/travel/article/0,1426,MCA_532_4493711,00.html See CBS Evening News: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=eveningnews
See the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/dining/11orle.html?emc=eta1
See the AJC: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0129seaton.html
See the Gambit: http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/current/restreview.php
See the DMN: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/nation/13698467.htm
See USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-02-05-katrina-willie-maes_x.htm
On the weekend of February 10, volunteers from Viking Range joined us, focusing their efforts on Dooky Chase. Viking also donated hotel rooms at the Monteleone for the February 3 and February 10 weekends.
To see photos from weekend one: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae1/
To see photos from weekend two: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae2/
To see photos from weekend three: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae3/
To see photos from weekend four, a grimey birthday weekend for Mary Beth: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae4
To see photos from weekend five: http://www.bayoudog.com/williemae5
Commercial Appeal writer Leslie Kelly worked the final weekend. See photos and read her reports from the city:http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/leslie/
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