Rebooting Southern Cuisine; Heirloom Foods

This hour we’re talking with two guests: David Shields, author of Southern Provisions: The Creation and Revival of a Cuisine (University of Chicago Press, March 2015), and Jennifer Jordan, author of Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods (University of Chicago Press, April 2015). Shields is on a mission to bring back Lowcountry cuisine—both by growing ingredients that are no longer widely available and by reviving long-lost recipes. Meanwhile, Jordan is exploring how memory and food are intertwined through a sociologist’s lens.

Music this hour:

• “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within
• “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, from the album Tumbling Dishes Like Old-Man’s Wishes