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    Good Food

    'The Potlikker Papers'

    Camp Bacon is a fundraiser for the Southern Foodways Alliance , a nonprofit co-founded by John T. Edge . Edge has just published a book that explores issues of race, identity and class through the lens of food in the American South. It’s called “ The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South .”

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jun 16, 2017 • 1 min read

    Camp Bacon is a fundraiser for the Southern Foodways Alliance, a nonprofit co-founded by John T. Edge. Edge has just published a book that explores issues of race, identity and class through the lens of food in the American South. It’s called “The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South.”

    The full episode

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    Potlikker and pork as metaphor, the story of 'LA Mexicano'
    1. 0:00'L.A. Mexicano'
    2. 11:15A field report from Camp Bacon
    3. 17:59'The Potlikker Papers'You’re reading this
    4. 32:37Jonathan Gold dines at Side Chick
    5. 36:56Winning the gold at the Bocuse d'Or
    6. 47:47The Market Report: Genoese basil
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Potlikker and pork as metaphor, the story of 'LA Mexicano'
    1. 0:00'L.A. Mexicano'
    2. 11:15A field report from Camp Bacon
    3. 17:59'The Potlikker Papers'You’re reading this
    4. 32:37Jonathan Gold dines at Side Chick
    5. 36:56Winning the gold at the Bocuse d'Or
    6. 47:47The Market Report: Genoese basil
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