On this episode of Bourbon South, Chase Parham and Steve Thomason speak with John T. Edge, an author, columnist, TV show host and all-around expert on food and how it blends in with culture. We speak with John T. about how he gained his initial interest in what is now his life's work, we try multiple different alcohols he brought along and we spend time discussing his projects and overall thoughts on a variety of food and drink subjects. 

Edge has served as director since the 1999 founding of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. Winner of the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation, he is author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South and a host of others. Edge is also the host of the television show TrueSouth, which airs on the SEC Network and on ESPN.