Growing up in a Jewish family in Arkansas meant that from a young age, our guest Marcie Cohen Ferris knew that food meant something. It marked identity, ritual, leisure, class. As a professor of American Studies at UNC Chapel Hill, Ferris brings all the joy and insight of food studies to her students. On this episode, she shares that love and a few stories of home with us. 

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The Edible South by Marcie Cohen Ferris
Matzoh Ball Gumbo by Marcie Cohen Ferris
Southern Foodways Alliance articles by Marcie Cohen Ferris