John T. Edge on Defining Southern Food; Mama Dip’s Legacy; ‘Chamber Soul’ Artist Shana Tucker

Due South

Producer's note: Join Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii for “Due South Live!” Friday, June 14, 7:30pm at Motorco Music Hall in Durham. We'll be talking about Southern food with Chef Ricky Moore from Saltbox Seafood Joint, Mike D of Mike D’s BBQ and Bill Smith, famed chef from Crook’s Corner. Tickets and details.
John T. Edge on Defining Southern Food
The Southern Foodways Alliance has tirelessly documented and explored the diverse food cultures of the American South. Founding director John T. Edge puts it this way – “I think food is as important to understanding the culture of the South as is literature, as is music.” He joins Leoneda Inge to talk Southern food.
John T. Edge, founding director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, author of “The Potlikker Papers – A Food History of the Modern South” and host of the television show “True South”

Mama Dip’s Legacy
The late Mildred “Mama Dip” Council opened her restaurant Mama Dip’s Kitchen in the mid-1970s. Nearly 50 years later, the Council family has voted to sell the restaurant and the land where it sits, a big move for the town’s oldest Black-owned restaurant. Leoneda Inge takes us to Chapel Hill where a second and third generation of African American family cooks work to make sure “Mama Dip’s” legacy lives on. This story was produced for the Southern Foodways Alliance podcast “Gravy.”

‘Chamber Soul’ Artist Shana Tucker
Classically trained cellist Shana Tucker chats with Leoneda Inge about her inspirations, her activism, and her new album, “Hiding in the Light.”
Shana Tucker, singer-songwriter, cellist, and arts educator