Welcome to the SFA

Welcome to the Southern Foodways Alliance -- an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture with headquarters at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.

The Southern Foodways Alliance documents and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the American South. We set a common table where black and white, rich and poor -- all who gather-- may consider our history and our future in a spirit of reconciliation.

Great Pimento Cheese Competition
Finalists Announced

Well folks, we've finally made our way through upward of 300 entries in the Great Pimento Cheese competition, and are pleased to announce our three finalists.

After an exhausting comparison of essays and recipes, the three finalists below represent our top picks from the wagonload of entries. Many thanks to the writer/cooks who took the time to share their stories of this bright orange culinary hallmark.

The overall winner of the competition will be announced at the 2003 Southern Foodways Symposium (October 2-5 in Oxford MS) and duly honored for their contribution to Pimento Cheese culture.

The finalists (in alphabetical order) are:

• Nan Davis
  Oxford MS

• Jim Early
  Winston-Salem NC

• Beth Edelstein
  Timonium MD

The Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award

Each fall, the SFA (with support from the Fertel Foundation) honors an unsung hero or heroine, a foodways tradition bearer of note, with the Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award.

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