Food Quote by Marcie Cohen Ferris

The core cuisine of Southern food is established in the plantation South, within the world of slavery. To understand the plantation table, we must…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I also grew up with a Greek family; when other…

— Cat Cora

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

I eat lots of mustard greens and collard greens. My mother cooks all the traditional southern food.

— Paula Kelly

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

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

When I'm asked to define "Southern food," I usually turn that question back to my audience and ask them what they think. I hear…

— Marcie Cohen Ferris

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

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

There are things I like about fancy Southern food and there are things I really love from just down-home Southern cooking. So mixing those…

— Ricky Stenhouse Jr

For me, I love the flavors of Southern food, and people usually think of Southern food as heavy and fattening, but it doesn't have…

— Carla Hall

“All soul food is southern food, but not all southern food is soul food.”

— Cassandra Harrell