For generations, rural families in the Alabama Black Belt grew and hunted what they needed to sustain themselves. Wild game was a major and critical part of the diet. Today, hunting is still a popular Black Belt pursuit, but it’s less about sustenance and more about camaraderie, challenge, and immersion in nature. We meet Jerry Dawson, a coon hunter in Sumter County, who illuminates the world of coon dogs, and Nikki Baker, a dove hunter in Marengo County, who loves to beat all the men on the field (and often does) to the 15 bird limit.
This batch of Gravy is reported and produced by Jackie Clay, Executive Director at the Coleman Center for the Arts in rural Sumter County, Alabama; Matt Whitson; an award-winning production audio mixer and video editor at Alabama Public Television in Birmingham, Alabama; and Emily Blejwas, Executive Director of the Alabama Folklife Association and author of The Story of Alabama in Fourteen Foods (UA Press).
Henry Perry, Kansas City's Barbecue King
Bread and Friends
Making that Dough
Fresh Flour to the People
Bread by Fire
Genealogy of a Bakery
Even After Those Roses Bloom
Can Co-Ops Fix a Broken Food Delivery Model?
The Bare Minimum
The Bitter and the Sweet of Craft Chocolate in the Global South
Memphis Restaurant Workers Unite!
What's in the Fridge?
"Married," by Jo McDougall
Thresh & Hold
"Carlo Flunks the Seventh Grade," by Greg Brownderville
Filipino Balikbayan is Homecoming in a Box
New Orleans Street Vendors, Then and Now
The Skinny on the South Beach Diet
The Kitchen Electric: Selling Power to Rural America
Pulp Fact: How Orange Juice Created the Sunshine State
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The Clever Cookstr’s Quick and Dirty Tips from the World’s Best Cooks
Anne of Green Gables
The Federalist Papers
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
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