August 04, 2008
ARKANSAS TV CREW ON THE TAMALE TRAIL
July 22, 2008
ARIZONA HITS THE TAMALE TRAIL!
Alex and Tanja Sazdanoff traveled all the way from Phoenix, Arizona, to follow the Mississippi Delta Hot Tamale Trail. When they returned home, they shared a few photos from their Delta adventure. Evidence of their stop at Joe's Hot Tamale Place is featured above.April 29, 2008
FEASTING ON THE TAMALE TRAIL
Last spring, Alton Brown and his crew blew through the Mississippi Delta, collecting footage--and tamales--for the second season of Brown's Food Network show Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run. SFA oral historian Amy Evans met up with the guys in Rosedale, where they visited with Barbara Pope of Joe's White Front, ate tamales, and speculated about the origins of the Koolickle. Now, those moments are collected in a book of the same name.Last week, Alton Brown blew through the Delta again, this time for some book signings. He spent the morning at TurnRow Book Company in Greenwood (a great Delta town with some fabulous tamales, by the way), and then hit the SFA's hometown of Oxford in the afternoon. Read a great review of Feasting on Asphalt by our friends at TurnRow.
March 19, 2008
Camp Chicago: An Up South Expedition

Brought to you by the Southern Foodways Alliance
May 23-25, 2008
Follow blues scholar Scott Barretta along Highway 61. Dish Chicago culinary history with Bruce Kraig, the Horace of hot dogs. Feast at West Town Tavern as Susan Goss pays homage to Edna Stewart and other old guard Chicago soul cooks. Take a bite out of a Mother-In-Law. Get the blues with Jimmy Burns at The Hideout. Shop the Maxwell Street Market. Wolf a catfish sandwich. Get in the swim at an aquarium barbecue pit. And more. Lots more.
For an additional fee, guests have the option of going on a Chicago X'Cursion. These mini-tours, guided by local folks who know their city best, will showcase the South in Chicago (Up South) and still get you to lunch on time. One of the X'Cursions is an on-the-ground education in Mother-in-Laws. Hike through Chicago with LTH forum leader (and mouse geneticist) Peter Engler, who contributed photographs to the Tamale Trail's Chicago Connection page, in search of the Windy City's famed tamale in a bun. Visit a tamale factory, and learn how these Delta treats arrived to the Windy City.
Visit the SFA's main site for more information and to register.
February 20, 2008
BIG JIM'S RELOCATING
Right across from The Ranchero on North State Street (old HWY 61) in Clarksdale, this eye-catching stand has been a popular stop on the Tamale Trail. For seven years, Big Jim Cole served many a red hot from the walk-up window, along with barbecue, hog maws, and koolickles by the gallon. But Big Jim recently sold his stand and is now working on opening a new location on HWY 49. In the interim, you can still get Big Jim's hot tamales here. He's supplying the new owner with tamales as fast as he can make them. Know, though, that all of Big Jim's decorations are gone, so if you're in Clarksdale and need a tamale fix, be on the lookout for a naked beige building with nary a sign.
January 25, 2008
NEW NAME, SAME TAMALES
The Shanty in Cleveland is now the Grapeland Grill. Owner Jonathan Vance expanded the restaurant and decided that the new space needed a new name. No worries, the tamales haven't changed a bit.Read our interview with Grapeland Grill tamale maker, Tamara Calhoun, right here.
December 13, 2007
DELTA TAMALES ON SQUIDOO
Luke Duncan, author of the "Rolling Along the Tamale Trail" article in the Oct./Nov. issue of Y'All magazine, has created a tamale page on Squidoo. Check it out!Photo by Luke Duncan.



