HIST 4060 Southern Foodways & Traditions

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1825) said "tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are." What he meant by this statement is that food—more largely interpreted as what is eaten, who eats it, who cooks it, how it is prepared, where it is eaten, and why it is eaten—provides an historic and culture image of a specific area of the world and a distinct, but also diverse, group of people who share many cultural traits. This course utilizes this concept and examines the culture, history, and traditions of the American South using food as a lens.