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Booze Legends
Booze Legends
Striking up a conversation with a stranger in a bar is accepted, even expected. And storytelling is a big part of that e... Read more
5 Oct 2017
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29mins
Ranked #2
Ironies and Onion Rings: The Layered Story of the Vidalia Onion
Ironies and Onion Rings: The Layered Story of the Vidalia Onion
If you know and love the Vidalia onion—an onion sweet enough, its fans say, to eat like an apple—you likely also know it... Read more
26 Jan 2017
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31mins
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18 May 2017
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The Chili Powder Cheat: A Tex-Mex Story
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Texas: the land of BBQ, breakfast tacos…and of course Tex-Mex. But what if we told you Tex-Mex wasn’t created by a Texan... Read more
22 Mar 2017
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Reclaiming Native Ground
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For centuries, the bayous and lowlands of coastal Louisiana have fed the Point-au-Chien Indian Tribe. From cattle to cra... Read more
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Hostesses of the Movement
Hostesses of the Movement
This week’s Gravy podcast looks at hostesses of the Civil Rights Movement. They were school teachers, church ladies and ... Read more
10 Aug 2017
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Korean BBQ in Coolsville: A Memphis Report
Korean BBQ in Coolsville: A Memphis Report
What happens when Korean barbecue goes from suburban strip malls to restaurant rows in cities like Atlanta, New Orleans,... Read more
23 Feb 2017
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Mahalia Jackson's Glori-Fried Chicken
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5 Sep 2019
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Kimchi and Cornbread
Kimchi and Cornbread
When you sit down for a meat and three in Montgomery, Alabama, say at the Davis Café, you choose from the menu and you g... Read more
21 Sep 2017
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How A Texas Vine Saved European Wine
How A Texas Vine Saved European Wine
Thanks to Texan viticulturist Thomas Volney Munson, you should probably think of Texas when you think of that French win... Read more
31 May 2017
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Comfort Food
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This week, we bring you Gravy's first foray into fiction. It's a story of macaroni and cheese and maternal love, set in ... Read more
9 Aug 2018
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A Table for All?
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At the FARM Café in Boone, North Carolina, diners can pay $10 for meal—or they can pay nothing. The restaurant, one of d... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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Hungry in the Mississippi Delta
Hungry in the Mississippi Delta
While civil rights activists worked in Mississippi in 1964, they encountered a poverty they could never have imagined. P... Read more
8 Mar 2018
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Access Denied: Cooperative Extension and Tribal Lands
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27 Nov 2019
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Hostesses of the Movement
Hostesses of the Movement
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When Menus Talk
When Menus Talk
What do restaurant menus have to say about the identity of a restaurant or the point of view of the chef? It turns out, ... Read more
23 May 2019
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Home-Cooked Expectations
Home-Cooked Expectations
In the United States, home cooked meals with the family are revered almost to the point of fetishization. Dinners are se... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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Agave Diplomacy
Agave Diplomacy
Bars mean different things to different people. For some, they are places to find community and discover new ingredients... Read more
26 Jul 2018
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Stories from the Hem of my Mother's Apron
Stories from the Hem of my Mother's Apron
For Hannah Drake, it all started with a trip to Dakar, Senegal. The author, poet, mother, and native Kentuckian was tran... Read more
16 Nov 2017
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