Talking Meat and Threes and More With John T. Edge

It was rare to catch Southern Foodways Alliance Director John T. Edge with a few minutes to spare between interviews at the Charleston Wine + Food festival earlier this year. The Southern food author and historian interviewed a steady stream of fried chicken cooks, oyster roasters, pitmasters, farmers and other Southern cooks throughout the festival on the "porch" of the Southern Foodways tent about the passion and skill devoted to their culinary crafts. We...