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John T. Edge

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  • Host and Director, Southern Foodways Alliance, Gravy
  • Podcast Host, TrueSouth
Charleston, Oxford, United States
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Hobbs-Edge/ TrueSouth SEC & Hulu/ a writer-in-rez @olemiss/ director Mississippi Lab/ prof @ugagrady/ author The Potlikker Papers/ House of Smoke, Fall 25
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Fifty Years of Buford Highway’s Havana Sandwich Shop

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9 hours ago Americans might want to mind the gap when it comes to discerning what these British phrases actually mean. Some terms, like "dim," "a mug," or "a few sandwiches short of a picnic," can be used as colorful insults, while some British slang words like "cheeky" can be either negative or positive, …
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House of Smoke - Books About Food

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The author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South tells his own story this time. Of growing up in a house wrecked by violence and a South haunted by racism. And of how his search for home led him to find escape and belonging through food. Until he realizes that gathering at the table is just one small step toward reckoning. In this unflinching and moving memoir, John T.
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HOUSE OF SMOKE | Kirkus Reviews

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An insightful consideration of food, race and racism, and sins historical and contemporary. The distinguished Southern food writer delivers a thoughtful memoir of his life and work. “As a boy, all I knew was the good guys wore gray,” writes Georgia-born Edge.
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