I’m team-teaching a course on the foodways of the Southern United States with a dear friend of mine this semester. My friend usually teaches literature and writing in our English department. Sue has a better feel for foodways than I do, especially when it comes down to how to actually read a cookbook. Our shared passion for the subject has remedied most of the difficulties that come with teaching new things.Our survey goes from the Atlantic World of the 18th century on up to the present day. (If any readers are interested, I’d be glad to share a syllabus. Come Read more