COASTAL FOODWAYS
- The Blessing of the Fleet (Video) Includes Exxon oil spill and the Vietnamese community in Bayou La Batre, AL (5:05 minutes)
- Half a World Away (Article) Vietnamese shrimpers in Bayou La Batre, AL.
- The Gospel of the Alabama Oyster [Farming] (Video) Changing environments. Adapting to new conditions. (8:31 minutes)
- May River Oysters (Video) More oyster farming plus some wild oyster harvesting. South Carolina. Not as good as The Gospel of Alabama Oyster video, but would work well together. (5:05 minutes)
- The Big Forgotten Coast Oyster Crawl (Article) from The Bitter Southerner – About Gulf Coast oystering.
BBQ
- Thursday in Hell’s Half Acre (Video) BBQ Guy in South Carolina with a full-time job sidelines as a BBQ pit master for locals. (7:58 minutes)
- The Rise and Fall of Pitmaster Ed Mitchell (Podcast) Southern Foodways Alliance podcast. Follows the long, difficult, and ongoing journey of a North Carolina Pitmaster who deals with racism and difficult business circumstances. (25:35 minutes)
- Southern Mutton (Article) Bitter Southerner-A hunt for the roots of mutton barbecue uncovers an often overlooked story of Kentucky’s Jewish history.
- Helen’s Bar-B-Que (Video) Southern Foodways Alliance – Female African American pit master in Brownsville, TN. (10 minutes)
TAMALES
- Geno Lee: The Origin of the Mississippi Tamale (Video) (1:10 minutes)
- An Introduction: Hot Tamales & the Mississippi Delta (Article) Good overview. Includes links to interviews and recipes.
- The Tamale Quarter (Article) Secret History Story from Jack Neely. Good Knoxville history of Tamales which is old and interesting. Good compare/contrast to Mississippi tamale history.
- The Knoxville Tamale Tale (Podcast) From the Tennessee Farm Table show. Guest is Jack Neely. (28:25 minutes)
OKRA
- An Undeserved Gift: Okra (Podcast) From the Bitter Southerner – Excellent podcast that touches on geography, history, slavery, race, linguistics and religion, with oral histories, music and food. Most interviews are with females. (37:45 minutes)
- An Undeserved Gift (Article) From the Bitter Southerner – Would complement/support podcast above.
VARIOUS
- Muddy Pond Sorghum (Video) Excellent film about a family of Plain People on the Cumberland Plateau that produces sorghum. Go see them in action in September and October on Friday or Saturday! (9:43 minutes)
- The River Bottom (Video) Native Americans in Louisiana - Powerful video about “Othering”. (8:58 minutes)
- Little Kurdistan (Video) Great video of Nashville’s Kurdish community. Gives a lot of female perspective. (11:22 minutes)
- Otha Turner (Video) About a fife player in Mississippi centered on tradition, food, music and a healthy dose of philosophy about life. Includes footage from the Alan Lomax Archive. (6:02 minutes)
Somewhere South with Chef Vivian Howard
Host and award-winning chef Vivian Howard digs deeper into the lesser-known roots of Southern food, Southern cooking, and Southern living. Each episode of “Somewhere South” explores the connectivity of a single dish, and the ways people of different backgrounds interpret that dish while expressing the complex values, identities, and histories that make up the American South.
Episodes are only accessible with a PBS Passport (paid subscription). List of Presentations:
Episodes are only accessible with a PBS Passport (paid subscription). List of Presentations:
- Season 1 Episode 1: American as Hand Pie
- Season 1 Episode 2: Porridge for the Soul
- Season 1 Episode 3: Dumpling Dilemma
- Season 1 Episode 4: What a Pickle
- Season 1 Episode 5: It's a Greens Thing
- Season 1 Episode 6: How Do You `Cue