Southern culinary historian and chef Michael W. Twitty’s "Rice" celebrates a global and Southern staple with recipes rooted in tradition and tweaked to meet the times. Rice,... Read More

Bernard L. Herman’s exceptional foodography of Virginia’s eastern shore, "A South You Never Ate", is a blend of “plate, place, and conversation.” The southern tip of the... Read More

In "Gulf Stream Chronicles", the late David S. Lee describes the great variety of animal life living in and near the gulf-­stream waters off the coast of North Carolina. His... Read More

History of vegetarianism in America offers insight into shifting of social movements into mainstream thinking. This unique, readable history of the vegetarian movement in... Read More

Life as we know it ceases on death row. Instead, DR prisoners struggle to survive in what one-time inmate, now paroled, Donnie Crawford calls “timeless time,” a surreal... Read More

Put aside any preconceived notions of a cuisine revolving around fried chicken, grits, and Coca-Cola. And just forget about Paula Dean. In The World in a Skillet, Angela and... Read More

To a large segment of Americans, the Seegers have been as culturally important as the Gershwins—and there were more of them. In fact, two of that artistically fecund tribe... Read More

"The New Southern-Latino Table", by cooking instructor and food writer Sandra A. Gutierrez, is both a wonderful cookbook and a fact-filled guide to the fusion of Southern and... Read More

Most scholars and laypeople agree that Thomas Jefferson was a Renaissance man. But scholarly treatments of his accomplishments in government, literature, philosophy, and... Read More

The Gulf Stream is a powerful force in nature and in history. Stan Ulanski, a professor of Geology and Environmental Science at James Madison University, examines the impact of... Read More

Rumors circulated through the state. Armed men in red shirts disrupted political rallies. Regional newspapers reported that the wife of George Henry White, the last Black... Read More

American health care comprises approximately 16% of national productivity, yet some 40% of the population can’t afford the care they’re told they need. Hadler wrote "Worried... Read More