Writing in the Kitchen: Essays on Southern Literature and Foodways

READINGS OF FOOD IN SOUTHERN LITERATURE THAT REVEAL HUNGER AND CREATIVITY AND THAT GO BEYOND DEEP-FRIED CLICHÉS Scarlett O'Hara munched on a radish and vowed never to go hungry again. Vardaman Bundren ate bananas in Faulkner's Jefferson, and the Invisible Man dined on a sweet potato in Harlem. Although food and stories may be two of the most prominent cultural products associated with the South, the connections between them have not been thoroughly explored until now. Southern food has beco...