American culture Quote by Tim Heaton

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

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 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

“The Old South is a place where people use food to tell themselves who they are, to tell others who they are, and to…

— Michael W. Twitty

“Southern culture is vivified, made a culture, by the melding of influences that are held far more closely than in other, lesser parts of…

— Markham Shaw Pyle

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

— Fannie Flagg

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

In the South, the food is outstanding. Down south, we eat to get full, and the people up north, they don't do that.

— Frank Thomas

Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than…

— John Shelton Reed

I definitely feel like people in the South are a little more raw. Our whole swag, the way we talk... When I go to…

— Megan Thee Stallion

What is true in the South is true for America.

— Barack Obama