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Tamales from the Mississippi Delta: A Culinary ConundrumPresented
by John T Edge, author of Southern Belly Reception and book signing immediately following lecture Free and open to the publicThursday,
August 17, 2000, 7 p.m. at the Southern Cultural Heritage Complex Auditorium, Corner
of Cherry and Crawford Streets, Downtown Vicksburg For more information call (601) 631-2997. (Vicksburg)
John T Edge will present “Tamales
from the Mississippi Delta: A Culinary Conundrum” on Thursday, August 17,
2000, at 7:00 pm at the Southern Cultural Heritage Complex Auditorium in
downtown Vicksburg. In addition to
exploring how hot-tamales came to be one of the favorite foods of the
Mississippi Delta, Edge will discuss how the study of food can be used to better
understand the culture of our region.
After
the lecture, Edge will sign his newly released book, Southern Belly: The
Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South, an authoritative and
comprehensive view of the food of the American South. This place-specific book, fuses good eatin' advice with
entries that provide historical and cultural perspectives on our appreciation of
Southern standard--and not so standard--food fare.
As
Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance of the Center for the Study of
Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi,
Edge was instrumental in the developing the newly formed Southern Foodways
Alliance and the popular annual Southern Foodways Symposium.
In addition to exploring the culinary side of the South, Edge introduces
the South to the rest of the world as author of several travel books including
Lonely Planets’ New Orleans and Deep South.
His articles on Southern culture have appeared in such publications as
the Chicago Sun-Times, Cooking Light, The New York Times Magazine, The Oxford
American, Saveur, Southern Living, and Y’all. Whether
high-profiling on NPR's "All Things Considered" or solo traveling the
back roads of the Deep South, Edge The presentation is part of the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation’s (SCHF) Humanities Lecture Series, which takes place on the third Thursday of every month. The Southern Cultural Heritage Complex’s (SCHC) Auditorium is located the corner of Cherry and Crawford Streets in Downtown Vicksburg. A reception with tamales from Solly’s Hot Tamales of Vicksburg and a book signing will immediately follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. For more information call (601) 631-2997. |
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