Marcie Cohen Ferris, associate professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South.
A monumental book, which examines the relationship between Southern
culture and cuisine at watershed moments in the region's history."
--Charleston Post and Courier
A weighty, well-researched study of what are nowadays called
'foodways.'" --Colman Andrews, The Wall Street Journal
Everything you need to know about a cherished but endangered
foodway." -- The Pilot
For anyone wishing to pursue a study of the South through
comestibles, [The Edible South] is probably the best place to
start. . . . I implore you: Dig in!" --Southern Register
Impressive." --Daily Beast
Not only does Ferris pinpoint and chronicle evocative moments
throughout the South's larger history, but she manages to
eloquently express how this history shaped southern cuisine and, to
a greater extent, southern identity." --Oxford American
This is a landmark study, thoroughly researched, clearly conveyed,
and packed with illustrations. Ferris provides scholars and general
readers much to savor."--American Historical Review
Extensively researched, The Edible South takes a new perspective on
the American region and its rich, tumultuous history.--A Saveur
September 2014 Best Food and Drink Release
Ferris has exhaustively traced the origins of southern cooking. . .
. [She] delves into the South's most significant foods. . . [and]
performs a particularly important job by painstakingly explaining
just how slave culture and subsequent Jim Crow laws and segregation
made southern cooking unique.--Booklist
In this colorful and well-researched history, [Ferris] shows
persuasively how food has shaped and nourished Southern
identity.--Kirkus
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