Ollie Irene in Garden & Gun

It's a gastropub-inspired spot in Birmingham that serves the best catfish dish I've eaten in a restaurant that sets its tables with linen napkins. Read up. 

My Report from Kazakhstan in Afar

Back in December, I agreed, on 24 hours notice, to travel to Kazakhstan for Afar. Here's the magazine piece I wrote, full of fermented camel milk and horse gut sausage. 

Director's Cut: SFA Symposium Sneak Peek

The 16th Southern Foodways Symposium is some five months away, but programming for the event—Women at Work—is nearly complete. Click here for a preview on the Southern Foodways Alliance blog.

Director's Cut: Growing a New South Farmers' Network

In this week's column on the SFA blog, I thank the women farmers from Georgia who grew much of the food served at last weekend's New South Family Supper.