I had the occasion a few months ago, when doing some research into “the ham of my people” (country ham with redeye gravy), to stumble onto the work of Amy C. Evans, the award-winning, Mississippi-based oral historian of the Southern Foodways Alliance. On a whim, I sent her a random collection of questions, and, as […]
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Talking boudin, crawfish and Burger King milkshakes with Southern Foodways Alliance oral historian Amy C. Evans
Posted in Food, History, Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged A. L. "Unk" Quick, Alisa Lay, Allan Benton, Apalachicola, Atlanta, Bacon, barbecue, Bill Tinker, boudin, Burger King, Caju, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, chicken, Collins Oyster Company, country ham, crawfish, Crawfish Shack Seafood, documentary film, Down the Bayou, Edna Stewart, Florida, Florida’s Forgotten Coast, fried chicken, Georgia, Gloria Quick, gumbo, Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken, ham, Hieu Pham, Hurricane Katrina, Joe York, John Saucier, Kentucky, Leann Hines, Levee Run Farm, Liberty, Louisiana, Memphis, Mimi Gladys, Mississippi, New Orleans, Oral History Association, pork, remoulade, satsumas, Saucier’s Sausage Kitchen, sausage, SFA Founders’ Oral History Project, Souther Foodways Alliance, Southern Boudin Trail, southern food, Southern Studies, Sugarcane, tamale, Tennessee, the south, University of Mississippi, Vietnamese food | 14 Comments
The unwritten history of the American Saf-t-Bra
My friend Al Hoff in Pittsburgh shared this with me today, and I thought that I’d pay it forward by sharing it with you. According to Al, who you might know better as the woman behind the zine empire once known as Thrift Score, the photo was snapped in a Reading, PA art space called […]
Posted in History, OCD, Other | Also tagged Al Hoff, Barbie, boob shield, bras, gas masks, goggles, GoggleWorks, National Archive, Project Runway, Saf-t-Bra, safety bra, safety gear, Schlumberger, Thriftscore, Wilson Safety, Wilson Safety Products, Women's Bureau, World War II, WWII | 12 Comments