Down Quote by Frank Thomas

The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.

— Fannie Flagg

The working poor in the South are often blamed for their reliance on "traditional" Southern food, while in reality, most are eating the same…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

If you live in the South, you are often a very short distance from a garden, or even a farm owned by your family…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

Southern food derives its strength from many cultures. It's a melding of food cultures from Native Americans, enslaved African-Americans, and Europeans.

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

The South is about the abundance, beauty, and richness of Southern culture, but also its dark underside. The history of Southern food reflects the…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out…

— Tom Colicchio

I didn't eat at many restaurants when I was younger. There wasn't much in South Central anyways, except for fast food joints.

— Baron Davis

In studying food, you embrace everything. Food exposes the long, complex history of the South - slavery, Jim Crow segregation, class struggle, extreme hunger,…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself…

— Gertrude Atherton

Americans are experiencing a general hunger for authentic regional cuisine, of which Southern food represents one of the best and oldest examples.

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

Not infrequently, Southern food now unlocks the rusty gates of race and class, age and sex. On such occasions, a place at the table…

— John Egerton

Southern food that appears in contemporary popular culture is so exaggerated that it's hardly recognizable to most Southerners. This enriching of Southern food -…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris