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A
Abbott, Stanley W., 28–29
absinthe, 2, 268
Acadians, 2. See also Cajuns
accent, 2–3
ACE Basin, 3–4
Acheson, Hugh, 11
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 4
Airships (Hannah), 122
Alabama
Birmingham, 23–24
Black Belt of, 26
Edmund Pettus Bridge, 87–88
Mobile, 194
Muscle Shoals, 200–201
white sauce and, 333
alcoholic drinks. See also bars
absinthe, 2
bourbon, 32
Dark ’n Stormy, 70–71
dry country and, 81–82
flasks for, 97
French 75, 102
juleps, 147
Madeira, 178
Michelada, 192
milk punch, 193
moonshine, 196
muscadine in, 200
old-fashioned cocktail, 219
Painkiller cocktail, 226
Pappy Van Winkle, 228
punch, 245–246
rum, 258–259
rye whiskey, 261
Sazerac, 267–268
scuppernong in, 269
Seelbach cocktail, 270
Southern Comfort, 284
Tennessee whiskey, 303
Vieux Carré, 319
Virginia wine, 320–321
XXX, 340
zombie cocktail, 343
Ale-8-One, 287
Allen, Richard, 4
Allens Canning Company, 241
alligators, 108
Allman, Johnnie, 20
Allman Brothers Band
overview, 5
Southern rock and, 286
Alzina’s, 308
Amen Corner, 5
America in the King Years (Branch), 156
Americanization of Dixie, The (Egerton), 88
Andrés, José, 325
Angel Oak, 6
Angelou, Maya, 276
animals. See also fishing; insects; individual types of foods
alligators, 108
armadillo, 8
Boykin spaniel, 34
Carolina Dog, 41–42
clapper rail, 54
dove shoot, 81
gators, 108
hellbender salamander, 124
indigo snake, 136–137
manatees, 180–181
nutria, 213
Ossabaw hogs, 220
Peabody hotel ducks, 231–232
quail and, 248–249
red wolves, 253–254
roadkill and, 255–256
sea turtles, 269–270
snakes, 279
Southernisms about, 285–286
Uga (mascot), 316
wild hogs, 334
Apalachicola, Florida, 6
Appalachia, 7–8
architecture and decor
freedman’s cottages, 102
haint blue, 122
joggling board, 144
Lake Flato and, 162–163
Rural Studio, 259–260
sideboard, 275
sleeping porches, 276–277
Southern Gothic, 284–285
tabby, 300
verandas, 318
Washington, D. C. planning and, 325–326
wrought iron, 337
arm (Stonewall Jackson), 295
armadillo, 8
Armstrong, Clarence, 9
Armstrong, Louis, 8–9
French Quarter as birthplace of, 104
Arthur, Stanley Clisby, 319
arts and artists
Dial, 74
Florida Highwaymen, 99
Gee’s Bend quilts, 109
gingham, 109
Hatch Show Print, 123
indigo, 136
McCartys Pottery, 187
Simmons, 275
sweetgrass baskets, 296
Asheville, North Carolina
Fitzgerald (Zelda) hospitalized in, 97
overview, 9–10
aspic, 10
associations and organizations
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 4
Foxfire, 101
Sewanee (University of the South), 271–272
Atchafalaya Basin, 11
Athens, Georgia, 11–12
Atkins, Ace
on Oxford, Mississippi, 221–222
on Southern college football, 283–284
Atkins, Chet, 244
Atlanta, Georgia, 12–13
Atlanta Braves, 13–14
Auburn University, 259–260, 283–284
Austin, Texas, 14–15
authors. See also books, movies, and albums
Berry, 22–23
Brown (Larry), 35–36
Dickey, 72, 74
Douglas, 80
Egerton, 88–89
Faulkner, 94–95
Fitzgerald (Zelda), 97
Foote, 100
Gaines, 108
Hannah, 122–123
Hiaasen, 125
Hurston, 132–133
Lee, 164–165
Lewis, 166–167
McCullers, 187–188
O’Connor, 216
Percy, 234
Rawlings, 250
Rutledge, 260–261
Toole, 307–308
Trethewey, 308–309
Twain, 313–314
Walker, 324–325
Wells, 330
Welty, 331
Williams, 335
Autobiography (Twain), 313
Avery Island
overview, 15
Tabasco and, 300
Avett, Seth, on Watson, 326–328
B
bacon, 18. See also pork
Ball, 185
bananas foster, 18–19
Bankhead, Tallulah, 97
barbecue. See also condiments and sauces; pork
overview, 19
whole-hog barbecue, 333
Wonder Bread and, 336
Barboursville Winery, 321
Barnett, Ferdinand, 330
barrier islands, 19–20
Barry, John M., on Katrina, 150–151
bars
Earnestine & Hazel’s, 86
Flora-Bama, 98–99
honky-tonk, 127
bayou, 20
Beard, James, 219
Beecher, Henry Ward, 123
beef. See meat and game
beer cheese, 20
beignets, 40
Belafonte, Harry, 138
Bell, John, 12
Belliard, Rafael, 13
benne seeds, 21
Benton, Allan, 21
Berendt, John, 192
Bergeron, Walter, 319
Berry, Bill, 254
Berry, Jeff, 343
Berry, Wendell, 22–23
Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, Pierre, 138
Bevel, James, 87
beverages. See also alcoholic drinks
Coca-Cola, 56
half-and-half, 122
iced tea, 136
Russian Tea, 260
Southern sodas, 286–289
sweet tea, 297
Big Red, 287
Bill Dance Outdoors (television show), 70
birds. See also chicken
clapper rail, 54
dove shoot, 81
quail, 248–249
turkey hunting, 311–312
Birmingham, Alabama, 23–24
biscuits, 24–25
Biscuitville, 25
bison (livermush), 170
Black Arts Movement, 277–278
Blackbeard, 25–26
Black Belt of Alabama, 26
Blanchard, Terence, 211
Blenheim Ginger Ale, 287
“Bless Your Heart,” 26
Bloody Sunday, 168
Blount, Roy, Jr.
on gizzards, 109–110
on hot sauce, 128–129
on humidity, 130–132
on manatees, 180–181
on mullet, 198–199
on Twain, 313–314
on Weeki Wachee mermaids, 329–330
blue crab, 26–27
bluegrass (music), 27
bluegrass (plant), 27–28
Blue Grass Boys, 27
Blue Ridge Parkway, 28–29
blues, 29
Blues Brothers, The (movie), 101
“Blue Suede Shoes” (Perkins), 235
Bluff View Art District, 49
boats and submarines
H. L. Hunley, 125–126
jon boats, 145
pirogue, 238
bobwhite quail, 248
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 332, 335
boiled peanuts, 29–30
bonefish, 31
Bono, 155
books, movies, and albums. See also authors; musicians
Charleston Receipts, 46
Deliverance (Dickey), 72
Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire, character), 82
Foxfire (book series), 101
Gone with the Wind (Mitchell; movie), 111
Good Old Boys (Newman), 112–113
To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), 307
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Berendt), 192
Song of the South (movie), 281
Steel Magnolias (Harling), 292–293
Uncle Remus (Song of the South, character), 316–317
Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls), 332
boudin, 31
Boudreaux (Cajun), 40
bourbon
overview, 32
Pappy Van Winkle, 228
Tennessee whiskey compared to, 303
Bo Whoop, 33
double-barreled shotguns, overview, 79
bow tie, 33
boxwood, 33–34
Boykin, L. Whitaker, 34
Boykin spaniel, 34
Bragg, Rick
on Cuban sandwich, 64–65
on Lee, 164–165
Branch, Taylor, 156
Breaux, Ted, 2
Brennan’s Restaurant, 18–19
bridges and roads
Blue Ridge Parkway, 28–29
Edmund Pettus Bridge, 87–88
Natchez Trace, 206
Brisbin, I. Lehr, Jr., 42
Brock, Sean, 48, 127
brook trout, 34
Brown, James, 35
Brown, Larry
overview, 35–36
Oxford, Mississippi and, 221
Brown, Morris, 4
Brown Hotel, 128
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 143
Brunswick stew, 37
Buck, Peter, 11–12, 254
Buckingham, T. Nash, 33, 79
Buffett, Jimmy, 37
Burke, Monte, on Everglades, 90–91
Bush, George W., 307
businesses. See also authors; bars; celebrities; chefs and restauranteurs; musicians; music venues; restaurants and eateries
Benton and, 21
Lake Flato, 162–163
Piggly Wiggly, 236
Turner and, 312–313
butter beans, 38
buttermilk, 38
Byrd, Harry, 28
C
Café Du Monde, 40
Cajuns, 40
Camellia, 41
Candler, Asa, 56
cane syrup, 41
Can’t You Hear the Wind Howl? (Shines), 145
Carolina Dog, 41–42
Carolina Gold rice, 42
car racing, NASCAR and, 204
Carter, June, 43
Carver, George Washington, 96, 233
Cash, Johnny
overview, 43
Sun Studio and, 295
cast iron, 43–44
cast net, 44
catfish noodling, 44–45
Cathy, S. Truett, 51
cemeteries and funerals
Coon Dog Cemetery, 58–59
jazz funerals, 140–141
Central Grocery & Deli, 198
Champney, John, 212
“Change Is Gonna Come, A” (Cooke), 58
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (Buffett), 37
Chapman, Marshall
on Nashville, Tennessee, 205
on Ryman Auditorium, 261–262
on Station Inn, 291
Charles, Ray, 244
Charleston, South Carolina
freedman’s cottages in, 102
overview, 45–46
Charleston Receipts
Junior League sales of, 148
overview, 46
recipes of, 274
Charlottesville, Virginia, 46–47
Chase, Leah
on grits, 117
on hot sauce, 129
overview, 47–48
Chatham Artillery Punch, 246
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 49–50
Chattanooga Bakery, 196
Cheerwine, 288
cheese straws, 50
Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana Kitchen (Prudhomme), 245
chefs and restauranteurs. See also restaurants and eateries
Chase, 47–48
Dupree, 83
Lagasse, 162
Lewis, 166–167
Neal, 206–207
Prudhomme, 245
Smart-Grosvenor, 277–278
Taylor, 302–303
Toups, 308
Chenier, Clifton, 343
Chesney, Kenny, 98
chicken
chicken and waffles, 50–51
chicken mull, 51
country captain, 60–61
fried chicken, 104–105
gizzards, 109–110
gumbo, 119
Nashville Hot Chicken, 206
yardbird, 341
Chick-fil-A, 51
chitlins, 52
Christenberry, William, 52
Churchill Downs, 153
Citizenship School, 54–55
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 143–144
civil rights movement
Jim Crow and, 143–144
King (Coretta Scott), 156
King (Martin Luther, Jr.), 156
Lewis and, 168
Lorraine Motel, 172–173
lunch counters and, 173–174
Parks, 228
segregation, 271
Civil War
Gone with the Wind, 111
H. L. Hunley, 125–126
Juneteenth, 148
Tubman and, 310
Civil War, The (Foote)
Foote’s biographical information and, 100
overview, 52–54
Claiborne, Craig, 245, 274
clapper rail, 54
Clapton, Eric, 145
Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Jr., 152–153
Clark, Septima, 54–55
Clark, William, 152, 231
Clermont Lounge, 55
Cline, Patsy, 56
clothing
bow ties, 33
gingham, 109
“nekkid” and, 207
Nudie suits, 212
Reid and, 254
Robert’s Western World and, 256
seersucker, 270–271
Stetson hats, 294
Coca-Cola, 56
cocktails. See alcoholic drinks
Code Duello, 82
Cohn, David, 72
Col. Bill Newsom’s Aged Kentucky Country Ham, 65
Coleman, Moses, 319
Coles, Robert, 234
collards, 56
Color Purple, The (Walker), 324–325
comeback sauce, 57
Commander’s Palace, 245
Complete Stories, The (O’Connor), 216
Conaway, James
on Virginia wine, 320–321
on Washington, D.C., 325–326
conch, 57
Conch Republic, 57, 154
condiments and sauces
comeback sauce, 57
dressing, 81
Duke’s Mayonnaise, 83
gravy, 115
Hoover Sauce, 127
hot sauce, 128–129
mayonnaise, 186
Old Bay, 219
redeye gravy, 252
sawmill gravy, 267
Tabasco, 300
tupelo honey, 310–311
vinegar, 320
white sauce, 333
Confederacy of Dunces, A (Toole), 307–308
Confederate jasmine, 57–58
Congo Square, 139
Connor, Bull, 23
Conroy, Pat, 74
Cooke, Sam, 58
cooking methods and styles. See also barbecue; chefs and restauranteurs
cast iron for, 43–44
food revivalists on, 100
Mason jars for, 185
mess, 191–192
pickling, 235
pit master, 238–239
roux, 257
sorghum for, 281
soul food, 282–283
Tex-Mex, 304–305
Cooley, Mike, 201
Coon Dog Cemetery, 58–59
Corley, Shirley, 146
corn-based foods
bourbon, 32
cornbread, 59–60
grits, 117
hoecakes, 126
hush puppies, 133
shrimp and grits, 274–275
tamales, 301
cotton, 60
country captain, 60–61
country ham. See also pork
Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams, 21
cure masters and, 65
overview, 61
Cox, Bobby, 14
cracker cowboys, 61–62
cracklings, 62
crafts. See arts and artists
crawfish
as mudbugs, 198
overview, 62–63
creeping fig, 63
Creole, 63
Cross Creek (Rawlings), 250
crossroads
Johnson and, 73, 145
overview, 64
Cuban sandwich, 64–65
Cuisines of Mexico, The (Kennedy), 304
cure masters, 65
Currence, John
barbecue and, 19
on Chase, 47–48
red beans and rice, 251–252
cursing, 66–67
Curtis, Wayne
on Jazz Fest, 139–140
on New Orleans, Louisiana, 210–211
on punch, 245–246
on rum, 258–259
customs. See also sayings and speech patterns
double names, 79–80
fleur-de-lis (symbol), 98
food revivalists and, 100
Foxfire on, 101
manners, 182
nicknames, 211
rice spoons, 255
snowbirds, 280
Southern Gothic, 284–285
surcee, 296
yarn, 341
D
dairy foods
beer cheese, 20
buttermilk, 38
macaroni and cheese, 178
pimento cheese, 237
Daley, Frank, 75
Dance, Bill, 70
dance(s)
flatfooting, 98
Gruene Hall for, 118
shag, 272–273
Dark ’n Stormy, 70–71
daube glacé, 71
Daufuskie Island, 71
Davis, Quint, 139–140
death rituals
Coon Dog Cemetery, 58–59
jazz funerals, 140–141
decor. See architecture and decor
Deep River (Rutledge), 261
Deliverance (Dickey)
Dickey’s biographical information and, 74
overview, 72
Delta, the
overview, 72–73
tamales and, 301
Denny, Jim, 115
de Soto, Hernando, 242
desserts
bananas foster, 18–19
cane syrup for, 41
Goo Goo Clusters, 113–114
icebox desserts, 136
key lime pie, 153–154
king cake, 157
kolaches, 158
Krispy Kreme, 158
Lane cake, 163
Moon Pies, 196
sno-balls, 280
stack cake, 290
de Vink, Rutger, 321
Dial, Thornton, 74
Dickey, James
Deliverance, 72
overview, 74
Diddley, Bo, 75–76
Dismalites, 76–77
Dixon, George E., 125
Dixon, Jeremiah, 184
Dr. Enuf, 288
Doe’s Eat Place, 77–78
dogs
Boykin spaniel, 34
Carolina Dogs, 41–42
Uga, 316
dogwoods, 78–79
Domestic Work (Trethewey), 308
Don the Beachcomber, 343
Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, 47–48
Dorsey, Thomas A., 138
double guns, 79
double names, 79–80
Douglas, Marjory Stoneham, 80
dove shoot, 81
dressing, 81
Drive-By Truckers, 201
dry country, 81–82
Dubois, Blanche
on humidity, 131
overview, 82
ducks, at Peabody hotel, 231–232
dueling, 82–83
Duke, Eugenia, 186
Duke’s Mayonnaise
origin of recipe for, 186
overview, 83
Dupree, Nathalie, 83
Dwarf Grill, 51
Dylan, Bob, 58
E
Earnestine & Hazel’s, 86
earthquakes, 86
Eastern Shore, 86–87
East India Trading Company, 41
Edge, John T.
on Edgerton, 88–89
on Good Old Boys (Newman), 112–113
on lunch counters, 173–174
on meat-and-threes, 188–189
Southern Foodways Alliance (Houston, Texas) and, 130
Edmund Pettus Bridge, 87–88
Edwards, Sam, III, 65
Egerton, John, 88–89, 267
Eggleston, William
Memphis, Tennessee roots of, 190
overview, 89
Elberta peach, 232
Emancipation Proclamation, 147
Engle, Paul, 216
“Enlightenment” (Trethewey), 308
entertainment. See books, movies, and albums; celebrities; museums and tours
“Ethics of Potlikker, The” (Long), 242
ethnicity of people. See people (groups)
étouffée, 90
Evans, Walker, 52
Everglades, the, 90–91
Everglades, The (Douglas), 80
Every Day by the Sun (Wells), 221
expressions. See sayings and speech patterns
F
fairs and festivals
Jazz Fest, 139–140
Juneteenth, 148
Mardi Gras, overview, 182–183
Mardi Gras and king cake, 157
Mardi Gras Indians, 183
Neshoba County Fair, 209
Farnsworth, Otis, 304
fatback, 94
Faulkner, William
in French Quarter, 104
McCartys Pottery and, 187
overview, 94–95
Oxford, Mississippi and, 221–222
Rowan Oak and, 259
field peas, 95–96
fireflies, 96
fishing. See also seafood
cast nets, 44
catfish noodling, 44–45
Dance and, 70
jubilee, 146–147
for tarpon, 302
Fishing Bloopers (videos), 70
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 10
Fitzgerald, Zelda
hospitalization of, 10
overview, 97
Flagg, Fannie, 105
flasks, 97
flatfooting, 98
Flato, Ted, 162
Flatt, Lester, 27, 291
fleur-de-lis, 98
Flora-Bama (bar), 98–99
“Flora-Bama” (Chesney), 98
Florida
Apalachicola, 6
the Everglades, 90–91
Key West, 154–155
sour orange, 283
Florida Highwaymen, 99
flour
biscuits, 24–25
Martha White flour, 184
overview, 99
in roux, 257
White Lily flour, 332–333
Flynt, Wayne, 164–165
food. See chefs and restauranteurs; chicken; condiments and sauces; cooking methods and styles; corn-based foods; dairy foods; desserts; flour; peanuts; pork; sandwiches; seafood; side dishes and miscellaneous foods; snack foods; stews
food revivalists, 100
Foote, Shelby
on Civil War (“War”), 52–53, 100
Memphis, Tennessee roots of, 190
overview, 100
Walker Percy and, 52, 234
William Alexander Percy and, 72–73
Ford, O’Neil, 162
Forkner, Tom, 324
Foster, Tom, on Austin, Texas, 14–15
Foxfire
food revivalists and, 100
overview, 101
France, Bill, Sr., 204
Franklin, Aretha, 101
Fraser, Charles, 45
Frederiksen, Alan Ryle, 199
freedman’s cottages, 102
Freetown, 166
French Quarter, 103–104
French 75, 102
fried chicken, 104–105
fried green tomatoes (food), 105
Fried Green Tomatoes (movie), 105
Frito Pie, 105
froggin’, 106
Frogmore stew, 106
fruit
mayhaw, 185
muscadine, 200
pawpaw, 230–231
peach wars and, 232
scuppernong, 269
sour orange, 283
G
Gaines, Cassie, 175
Gaines, Ernest, 108
Gaines, Steve, 175
Gates, Henry Louis, 148
gators, 108
Gee’s Bend quilts, 109
genres of music. See music styles
geographic formations
ACE Basin, 3–4
Appalachia, 7–8
bayou, 20
holler, 126–127
jack-mulater (ghost lights) in swamps and hills, 138
Okefenokee Swamp, 217
Ozarks, 223
pluff mud, 239–240
Rock City and, 257
Santee Delta, 266
tidewater, 305–306
Georgia
Athens, 11–12
Atlanta, 12–13
Lowcountry of, 173
Ossabaw hogs and, 220
peach wars and, 232
Savannah, 266–267
vidalia onions and, 319
ghost light (jack-mulater), 138
Gibson, Bob, 333
“Gimme a Pigfoot” (Wilson), 236
gingham, 109
gizzards, 109–110
Glen Manor, 321
Glock, Allison
on Appalachia, 7–8
on Clermont Lounge, 55
on Parton, 229–230
Golden, Harry, 174
Gone with the Wind (Mitchell; movie), 111
goobers, 111
Good Old Boys (Newman), 112–113
Goo Goo Clusters, 113–114
Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, 70–71
Graceland, 114
Grand Ole Opry
Cline at, 56
overview, 114–115
Ryman Auditorium and, 261–263
Granger, Gordon, 148
Grapico, 288
gravy, 115. See also condiments and sauces
Green, Al, 116
greens
collards, 56
kil’t greens, 155
overview, 116
wilted greens, 336
grits, 117
grits, shrimp and, 274–275
Grizzard, Lewis, 207
grouper, 117–118
groups of people. See people (groups)
Gruene, H. D., 118
Gruene Hall, 118, 151
Gulf Coast, 118
Gullah/Geechee, 119
Sea Islands and, 269
sweetgrass baskets as Gullah tradition, 296
gumbo, 119
H
haint blue, 122
Hale County, Alabama, 52
half-and-half, 122
Hall, Tom T., 118
ham. See country ham; pork
Hampton Plantation, 260–261
Handy, W. C.
blues and, 29
overview, 122
Hannah, Barry, 122–123
Brown and, 35
Oxford, Mississippi and, 221
Hannah, Chris, 102
Hansen, Ashley, 280
Hansen, Ernest, 280
Hansen’s Sno-Blitz, 280
Harling, Robert, 292–293
Harris, Jessica B.
on field peas, 95–96
on okra, 217–218
on Smart-Grosvenor, 277–278
Harris, Joel Chandler, 316–317. See also Song of the South
hash, 123
Hastings, Debby, 76
Hatch, Charles, 123
Hatch, Herbert, 123
Hatch, Will T., 123
Hatch Show Print, 123
Hay, George D., 115
Hayes, Wayne, 327
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The (McCullers), 188
Heavey, Bill
on catfish noodling, 44–45
on pawpaw, 230–231
on poke, 241
on turkey hunting, 311–312
Heckert, Amanda
on Atlanta, Georgia, 12–13
on Jim Crow, 143–144
on Key West, Florida, 154–155
heirloom foods, popularity of, 42
hellbender salamander, 124
Hemings, Sally, 142
Hemingway, Ernest, 154
Hendrickson, Matt
on Athens, Georgia, 11–12
on Diddley, 75–76
Heron, Martin Wilkes, 284
“He Stopped Loving Her Today” (Jones), 146
Hiaasen, Carl, 125
Hi Records, 116
Historic Grayson Stadium, 266–267
Hitt, Jack, on pluff mud, 239–240
H. L. Hunley, 125–126
hoecakes, 126
holler, 126–127
home decor. See architecture and decor
honky-tonk, 127
Hood, David, 200–201
Hood, Patterson, on Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 200–201
Hoover, Herbert, 112–113
Hoover Sauce, 127
hoppin’ John, 127–128
Hoppin’ John’s Lowcountry Cooking (Taylor), 302
horses and horse racing
Keeneland, 152
Kentucky Derby, 152–153
Marsh Tackies, 183–184
steeplechase, 294
Tennessee Walking Horse, 303
thoroughbreds, 305
Horton, Myles, 54
Hot Brown, 128
hot sauce, 128–129
House, Son, 145
Houser, Michael, 12
Houston, Texas, 130
Howorth, Lisa, 222
Howorth, Richard, 222
Huckleberry Finn (Twain), 313–314
Huey, John, on Charleston, South Carolina, 45–46
Huff, Steve, 90
Huger, Mary Benjamin Kinloch, 144
Hughes, Geoffrey, 66
humidity, 130–132
hunting
Boykin spaniels for, 34
dove shoot, 81
froggin’, 106
quail, 248–249
turkey hunting, 311–312
hurricanes
Hurricane Katrina (“Katrina”), 132, 150–151
overview, 132
Hurston, Zora Neale
overview, 132–133
Walker and, 325
Hurt, “Mississippi” John, 60
hush puppies, 133
I
icebox desserts, 136
iced tea, 136
Ickes, Harold, 28
indigo (plant), 136
indigo snake, 136–137
insects
Dismalites, 76–77
fireflies, 96
mosquitoes, 197
overview, 137
palmetto bugs, 227
Isbell, Jason
on Atlanta Braves, 13–14
Muscle Shoals, Alabama and, 201
outlaw country and, 221
J
Jack Daniel’s, 82
jack-mulater, 138
Jackson, Andrew, 53, 82, 103
Jackson, Mahalia, 138
Jackson, Shot, 309
Jackson, Stonewall, 295
jambalaya (food), 139
“Jambalaya” (Williams), 238
jazz (music style), 139
Jazz Fest, 139–140
jazz funerals, 140–141
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 141
Jefferson, Thomas
in Charlottesville, 46
election of, 53
in “Enlightenment” (Trethewey), 308
field peas grown by, 95
Monticello, 195
on okra, 218
overview, 141–143
pawpaw planted by, 231
on pickling, 235
Virginia wine and, 320–321
Jim Crow
in Black Belt of Alabama, 26
overview, 143–144
Speak Now Against the Day (Egerton) on, 88
Joe’s Stone Crab, 294–295
joggling board, 144
Johnson, Junior, 205
Johnson, Lyndon B., 87
Johnson, Pableaux, 251
Johnson, Robert
at crossroads, 64, 73
overview, 145
jon boats, 145
Jones, Bobby, 5
Jones, George, 146
jowl, 146
jubilee, 146–147
juke joints
example, 253
overview, 147
juleps, 147
Juneteenth, 148
Junior League
Charleston Receipts, 46, 274
overview, 148
K
Katrina, 150–151. See also hurricanes
Keen, Robert Earl, 151
Keene, Jack, 152
Keeneland, 152
Kenan, Randall
on Lewis, 166–167
on Pride, 243–244
Kennedy, Diana, 304
Kennedy, John F., 325
Kentucky. See Berry, Wendell; bluegrass (plant); bourbon
Kentucky Derby, 152–153
key lime pie, 153–154
Key West, Florida, 154–155
Kiawah Island, 45
kil’t greens
overview, 155
wilted greens and, 336
King, B. B., 155
King, Coretta Scott, 156
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
assassination at Lorraine Motel, 172–173
Atlanta roots of, 12
Jackson and, 138
Jim Crow and, 143
overview, 156
King Biscuit Time, 157
king cake, 157
“King Cotton,” 60
Kinloch, Cleland, 144
Klineberg, Stephen, 130
kolaches, 158
Kool-Aid pickles, 158
Kooper, Al, 175
Kotlyarenko, Nuta, 212
K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen, 245
“krewes,” 183
Krispy Kreme, 158
kudzu, 159
Kuwaiti Investment Company, 45
L
Lafitte, Jean, 104
Lafitte, Pierre, 104
Lagasse, Emeril, 162
Lake Flato, 162–163
Lance, 204
land formations. See geographic formations
Lane, Emma Rylander, 163
Lane cake, 163
Langlois, Nicholas, 182
lard, 165
La Résidence, 207
Latitude 29, 343
Law, Jim, 321
Leatherman, Stephen “Dr. Beach,” 118
Lee, Harper
To Kill a Mockingbird, 307
Lane cake and, 163
overview, 164–165
Lee, Hong, 127
Lee, Hoover, 127
Lee, Matt
on boiled peanuts, 29–30
on pilau, 236
on shrimp and grits, 274–275
Lee, Ted
on boiled peanuts, 29–30
on pilau, 236
on shrimp and grits, 274–275
legal issues. See civil rights movement
Leighton, Clare, 281
Le Moyne Pierre (Sieur d’Iberville), 182
L’Enfant, Pierre, 325–326
Leopold, Aldo, 91
Lesson Before Dying, A (Gaines), 108
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Christenberry), 52
Lewis, Edna, 166–167
Lewis, Jerry Lee
overview, 167
Sun Studio and, 295
Lewis, John
at Edmund Pettis Bridge, 87
overview, 168
Lewis, Margo, 76
Lewis, Meriwether, 152, 206, 231
Liemandt, Joe, 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 53, 148
Linden Vineyards, 321
lionfish, 169
live oak, 169
livermush, 170
Llula, Don José “Pepe,” 82–83
Lodge, 43
Lomax, Alan, 170
Lone Star, 171
Long, Huey P., 242
longleaf pine, 171
Look Homeward, Angel (Wolfe), 277
Lookout Mountain (place), 257, 272
“Lookout Mountain” (Reed), 49
Lorraine Motel, 172–173
“Losing My Religion” (R.E.M.), 254
Louisiana. See also New Orleans, Louisiana
Atchafalaya Basin, 11
Avery Island, 15
bayou, 20
Steel Magnolias (movie) in, 292–293
Tabasco, 300
“Louisiana, 1927” (Newman), 113
Lowcountry, 173
Lumbee Tribe, 126
lunch counters, 173–174
Lynyrd Skynyrd
overview, 175
Southern rock and, 286
Lynch, Dustin, 198
Lynn, Loretta, 174–175
M
macaroni and cheese, 178
MacIvor-Andersen, Josh, on Chattanooga, Tennessee, 49–50
Madeira, 178
magnolia, 179
Mahaffey, Nancy Newsom, 65
Man and Mullet (Frederiksen), 199
manatees, 180–181
mangrove, 181
manners, 182
Marcello, Carlos “the Little Man,” 103–104
March on Washington, 138, 168
Mardi Gras. See also New Orleans, Louisiana
king cake, 157
overview, 182–183
Mardi Gras Indians, 183
Marsh Tackies, 183–184
Martin, Benny, 240
Martin, Clovis, 240
Martin, Guy
on cursing, 66–67
on French Quarter, 103–104
on insects, 137
on Kentucky Derby, 152–153
on Mardi Gras, 182–183
Martin, Pat, 126
Martindale, Margo, 292
Martins, Patrick, 61
Mason, Charles, 184
Mason, John Landis, 185
Mason-Dixon Line, 184
Mason jars, 185
Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking (Dupree), 83
Masters, The, 185
May, C. R., 287
Mayes, Frances
on magnolia, 179
on Welty, 331
mayhaw, 185
mayonnaise
Duke’s Mayonnaise, 83
overview, 186
peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich, 233
pimento cheese, 237
in tomato pie, 307
McAlpine, Bobby, 186–187
McCain, Franklin, 173
McCarty, Lee, 187
McCartys Pottery, 187
McCrady, Edward, 272
McCullers, Carson, 187–188
McDaniel, Ellas, Jr., 75
McDaniel (Cooper), Evelyn, 74–75
McIlhenny, Edmund, 300
Meacham, Jon
on The Civil War (Foote), 52–54
on Percy, 234
on Sewanee, 271–272
meat and game. See also chicken; hunting; pork
Brunswick stew, 37
daube glacé, 71
livermush, 170
roadkill as, 255–256
meat-and-three, 188–189
Memphis, Tennessee, 189–191
Mencken, H. L., 219
mermaids, 329–330
mess, 191–192
Methe, Mark, 11–12
Michelada, 192
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Berendt), 192
Miles, Jonathan, on Brown, 35–36
milk punch, 193
Miller, Adrian, on soul food, 282–283
Mills, Mike, 254
Miner, Allison, 139–140
minor-league baseball, 193
Mississippi
the Delta, 72–73
Neshoba County Fair in, 209
Oxford, 221–222
Mitchell, Garry, 76
Mitchell, Margaret, 111
Mitchell, Willie, 116
Mobile, Alabama, 194
Mockbee, Samuel “Sambo,” 259–260
Mockingbird Songs (Flynt), 165
moist counties, 82
Monroe, Bill
bluegrass music and, 27
overview, 195
Monticello, 195
Moon Pies, 196
moonshine
overview, 196
XXX, 340
Moore, Robert Wayne, 256
Morris, Willie, 221–222
mosquitoes, 197
Moss, Robert, 123
“Mother” Emanuel AME, 4
Mount Vernon, 34
mourning doves, 81
mudbugs, 198
muffuletta, 198
mullet, 198–199
muscadine, 200
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 200–201
museums and tours
Graceland, 114
Lorraine Motel, 172–173
Monticello, 195
Rowan Oak, 258
Stax Records, 292
Sun Studio, 295
music. See dance(s); musicians; music publishing and recording; music styles; music venues
musicians
Allman Brothers Band, 5
Armstrong, 8–9
Brown, 35
Buffett, 37
Cash, 43
Cline, 56
Cooke, 58
Diddley, 75–76
Franklin, 101
Green, 116
Handy, 122
Jackson, 138
Jefferson, 141
Johnson, 145
Jones, 146
Keen, 151
King, 155
Lewis, 167
Lomax, 170
Lynyrd Skynyrd, 175
Lynn, 174–175
Monroe, 195
Nelson, 208–209
Parton, 229–230
Patton, 230
Perkins, 235
Presley, 243
Pride, 243–244
Rainey, 249
Redding, 252
R.E.M., 254
Simone, 276
Smith, 279
Stanley, 290–291
Waters, 326
Watson, 326–328
Williams and family, 334–335
Wills, 335
music publishing and recording. See also musicians
in Nashville, Tennessee, 205–206
Stax Records, 292
Sun Studio, 295
Trigger and, 309
music styles. See also musicians
bluegrass, 27
blues, 29
honky-tonk and, 127
jazz, 139
jazz funerals and, 140–141
outlaw country, 220–221
Southern rock, 286
Western swing, 332
zydeco, 343
music venues
Clermont Lounge, 55
Grand Ole Opry, 114–115
Gruene Hall, 118
Jazz Fest, 139–140
juke joints, 147
Po’ Monkey’s, 241–242
Red’s, 253
Ryman Auditorium, 261–263
Station Inn, 291
Tipitina’s, 306–307
My Own Peculiar Way (Nelson), 309
N
Nabisco, 204
nabs, 204
Nagin, Ray, 150
names of people
double names, 79–80
nicknames, 211
NASCAR, 204
Nashville, Tennessee
meat-and-three in, 188–189
overview, 205–206
Nashville Hot Chicken, 206
Natchez Trace, 206
National Association of Colored Women, 330
National Cathedral, 326
National Park Service, 325–326
natural disasters. See weather and natural disasters
Neal, Bill
overview, 206–207
shrimp and grits of, 273–274
Neal, Moreton, 207
Negro American League, 243
“nekked,” 207
Nelson, Alfred, 208
Nelson, Bobbie, 208–209
Nelson, Ira, 208
Nelson, Myrle, 208
Nelson, Nancy, 208
Nelson, Willie
overview, 208–209
Trigger and, 309
Neshoba County Fair, 209
Newman, Randy, 112–113
New Orleans, Louisiana. See also chefs and restauranteurs
Café Du Monde, 40
A Confederacy of Dunces (Toole) and, 307–308
French Quarter, 103–104
Hurricane Katrina, 132, 150–151
Jazz Fest (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell), 139–140
jazz funerals, 140–141
king cake, 157
Mardi Gras, 182–183
Mardi Gras Indians, 183
overview, 210–211
po’boys, 240
sno-balls, 280
A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams), 82
Tipitina’s, 306–307
ya-ka-mein, 340
Zatarain’s and, 342
nicknames, 211
Nixon, Richard, 112
Noisette, Philippe, 212
Noisette rose, 212
noodling, 44–45
North Carolina
Asheville, 9–10
Barrier Islands, 19–20
Notes on Virginia (Jefferson), 320
Nudie suits, 212
nutria, 213
nuts, pecans, 233–234. See also peanuts
O
Obama, Barack, 87–88, 129
Obama, Michelle, 87, 119
O’Brien, Kathleen, 11
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (movie soundtrack), 291
O’Connor, Flannery, 216
“O Death” (Carter), 291
offal, 216
Okefenokee Swamp, 217
okra, 217–218
Old Bay, 219
Old Charleston Joggling Board Co., 144
old-fashioned cocktail, 219
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 326
Optimist’s Daughter, The (Welty), 331
Ossabaw hogs, 220
Otey, James Hervey, 271
outlaw country, 220–221
outlaws
Blackbeard, 25–26
pirates, 237–238
Outside the Southern Myth (Polk), 182
Oxford, Mississippi, 221–222
oysters, 222
Ozarks, 223
P
Painkiller cocktail, 226
paint, haint blue, 122
Paisley, Brad, 115
Palmer, Arnold
The Masters and, 5
overview, 226
palmetto (plant), 227
palmetto bugs, 227
Pappy Van Winkle, 228
Parks, Rosa
Jim Crow and, 143
overview, 228
Parris Island, 269
Parrot Heads, 37
Parton, Dolly
overview, 229–230
in Steel Magnolias, 292–293
Paschina, Luca, 321
Patoski, Joe Nick, on Nelson, 208–209
Patton, Charley, 230
Paul, Woody, 262
pawpaw, 230–231
Payne, Sonny, 157
Peabody hotel ducks, 231–232
peach wars, 232
pea crabs, 232
peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich, 233
peanuts
boiled peanuts, 29–30
goobers, 111
pecans, 233–234
Peeler, L. D., 288
Pemberton, John, 56
people (groups). see also arts and artists; authors; celebrities; customs; musicians; outlaws
Acadians, 2
Cajuns, 40
cracker cowboys, 61–62
Creole, 63
Gullah/Geechee, 119
Scotch-Irish, 268
Percy, Walker
A Confederacy of Dunces (Toole) and, 307–308
Foote and, 52, 234
overview, 234
William Alexander Percy and, 72–73
Percy, William Alexander, 72–73, 234
Perkins, Carl
overview, 235
Sun Studio and, 295
pickling, 235
Piggly Wiggly, 236
pigs’ feet, 236
pilau, 236–237
pimento cheese, 237
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 136
Pinckney, Roger, on quail, 248
pirates
Blackbeard, 25–26
overview, 237–238
pirogue, 238
pit masters, 238–239
places. See bars; bridges and roads; geographic formations; museums and tours; regions; restaurants and eateries; individual names of states
plants. See also trees; individual foods
bluegrass, 27–28
boxwood, 33–34
Camellia, 41
Confederate jasmine, 57–58
cotton, 60
creeping fig, 63
indigo, 136
kudzu, 159
mangrove, 181
Noisette rose, 212
okra, 217–218
palmetto, 227
poke, 241
ramps, 250
Spanish moss, 289
spartina, 290
Venus flytrap, 317–318
vidalia onions, 319
wisteria, 336
plate lunch, 188
Plessy v. Ferguson, 143
pluff mud, 239–240
po’boys, 240
poke, 241
political figures. See celebrities
Polk, Noel, 182
“Polk Salad Annie” (White), 241
Po’ Monkey’s, 241–242
Porch House concept (Lake Flato), 163
pork
bacon, 18
barbecue, 19
Benton and, 21
boudin, 31
chitlins, 52
country ham, 61
cracklings, 62
Cuban sandwich, 64–65
cure masters and, 65
fatback, 94
Frogmore stew, 106
gumbo, 119
jowl, 146
kil’t greens, 155
lard, 165
offal, 216
Ossabaw hogs for, 220
overview, 242
pigs’ feet, 236
redeye gravy, 252
sawmill gravy, 267
trotters, 310
whole-hog barbecue, 333
wild hogs and, 334
potlikker, 242
Presley, Elvis
Graceland, 114
overview, 243
Parton and, 229
Perkins and, 235
Sun Studio and, 295
Price, Reynolds, 318
Pride, Charley, 243–244
Priestley, Joseph, 138
Prince, Thornton, 206
Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, 206
Prine, John, 291
Prudhomme, Paul, 245, 253
redfish popularity and, 253
punch, 245–246
Punch (Wondrich), 245
Pursley, Ken, 187
Purvis, Kathleen
on biscuits, 24–25
on bourbon, 32
Pusser’s Rum, 226
Q
quail, 248–249
R
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, 100
race issues. See civil rights movement; slavery
radio program, King Biscuit Time, 157
Rainey, Ma, 249
ramps, 250
Randolph, Mary, 96, 178, 218
Raskin, Hanna, on Asheville, North Carolina, 9–10
Rausse, Gabriele, 321
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
overview, 250
writing by, 64
Rawls, Wilson, 332
red beans and rice, 251–252
Redding, Otis, 252
redeye gravy, 252
redfish, 253
“Rednecks” (Newman), 112
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph, 212
Red Rock Cola, 289
Red’s, 253
red wolves, 253–254
Reece, Erik, on Berry, 22–23
Reed, Ishmael, 49
Reed, Julia
on the Delta, 72–73
on Doe’s Eat Place, 77–78
regions. See also bridges and roads; individual names of states
Appalachia, 7–8
the Delta, 72–73
Eastern Shore, 86–87
Gulf Coast, 118
Lowcountry, 173
Mason-Dixon Line, 184
Okefenokee Swamp, 217
Ozarks, 223
Sea Islands, 269
Reid, Billy
Muscle Shoals, Alabama and, 201
nutria fur used by, 213
overview, 254
religious institutions. See also Mardi Gras
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 4
Sewanee (University of the South), 271–272
R.E.M.
Athens roots of, 11–12
overview, 254
Remington, Frederic, 61–62
restaurants and eateries. See also bars; chefs and restauranteurs
Biscuitville, 25
Café Du Monde, 40
Chick-fil-A, 51
Doe’s Eat Place, 77–78
Krispy Kreme, 158
lunch counters and, 173–174
meat-and-three, 188–189
Nashville Hot Chicken, 206
The Varsity, 317
Waffle House, 324
Reusing, Andrea, 235
Reynolds, Barbara, 156
Rhett, R. Goodwyn, 273
rice
Carolina Gold rice, 42
overview, 251–252
Rice, Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy,” 143
rice spoons, 255
Richards, Keith, 145
Richardson, Howard, 314
Riley, Joe, 45
Rivers, Thomas, 212
roadkill, 255–255
roads. See bridges and roads
Robert’s Western World, 256
Rock City, 257
Rock Creek Park, 326
Rogers, Joe, Sr., 324
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 217
Rossington, Gary, 286
Rotisserie, 57
roux, 257
Rowan Oak, 258
Rubin, Rick, 43
Rudolph, Vernon, 158
rum
Dark ’n Stormy, 70–71
overview, 258–259
Painkiller cocktail, 226
Rumph, Samuel Henry, 232
Rural Studio, 259–260
Russell, Steve
on Charlottesville, Virginia, 46–47
on Southern sodas, 286–289
Russian Tea, 260
Ruth, Dennis K., 259–260
Rutledge, Archibald, 260–261
rye whiskey, 261
Ryman, Thomas G., 262
Ryman Auditorium, 261–263
S
“Sabbath Poems” (Berry), 22
“Sail Away” (Newman), 113
“St. Louis Blues” (Handy), 122
salamanders, 124
sandwiches
Hot Brown, 128
muffuletta, 198
peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich, 233
po’boys, 240
Santee Delta, 266
Saulter, Judy, 78
Saunders, Clarence, 236
Savannah, Georgia, 266–267
sawmill gravy, 267
sayings and speech patterns
accent, 2–3
“Bless Your Heart,” 26
cursing and, 66–67
“nekked,” 207
Southernisms, 285–286
“y’all,” 340–341
Sazerac, 267–268
Schmidt, Fred, 128
Schulze, Richard, 42
Scotch-Irish, 268
Scoville, Wilbur Lincoln, 129
Scoville scale, 128–129
Scruggs, Earl, 27
scuppernong, 269
Seaberry, Willie “Po’ Monkey,” 241–242
seafood
blue crab, 26–27
bonefish, 31
brook trout, 34
conch, 57
crawfish, 62–63
étouffée, 90
Frogmore stew, 106
grouper, 117–118
gumbo, 119
lionfish, 169
mudbugs (crawfish), 198
mullet, 198–199
oysters, 222
pea crabs, 232
redfish, 253
she-crab soup, 273
shrimp and grits, 274–275
soft-shell crabs, 280–281
stone crabs, 294–295
Sea Islands, 269
sea turtles, 269–270
Seeburg, Justus P., 147
Seelbach cocktail, 270
seersucker, 270–271
Seger, Adam, 270
segregation, 271
Sewanee, 271–272
Seward, William H., 53
shag, 272–273
Shearer, Harry, 150
she-crab soup, 273
Shepard, Sam, 293
Shindig in Florence, 254
Shines, Johnny, 145
shrimp and grits, 274–275
sideboard, 275
side dishes and miscellaneous foods
aspic, 10
benne seeds, 21
biscuits, 24–25
butter beans, 38
Carolina gold rice, 42
collards, 56
field peas, 95–96
fried green tomatoes, 105
greens, 116
hash, 123
kil’t greens, 155
okra, 217–218
pilau, 236–237
poke, 241
potlikker, 242
ramps, 250
rice, 251–252
slaw, 276
sweet potatoes, 297
tomato pie, 307
wilted greens, 336
Wonder Bread, 336
Zatarain’s, 342
Sides, Hampton
on Lorraine Motel, 172–173
on Memphis, Tennessee, 189–191
Signa, Charles, Jr., 78
Signa, Charles, Sr., 78
Signa, Dominick “Doe,” III, 78
Signa, Dominick “Doe,” Jr., 78
Signa, Dominick “Doe,” Sr., 77–78
Signa, Florence, 78
Signa, Jughead, 77, 78
Simmons, Philip
overview, 275
wrought iron and, 337
Simone, Nina, 276
Sinatra, Frank, 146
Sippin’ Safari (Berry), 343
Skinner, Leonard, 286
slavery. See also Civil War; Civil War, The (Foote)
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and, 4
benne seeds and, 20
in Black Belt of Alabama, 26
blues and, 29
Carolina Gold rice and, 42
in Charleston, South Carolina, 45
cotton and, 60
Creole origins compared to, 63
Gullah/Geechee and, 119
indigo and, 136
jazz and, 139
Jefferson and, 142
Juneteenth, 148
Lewis and Freetown (Virginia), 166
Mason-Dixon Line and, 184
Newman on, 113
in New Orleans, 103, 210
peanuts and, 30
Tubman and, 310
slaw, 276
Sledge, John, on Mobile, Alabama, 194
Sledge, Percy, 200
sleeping porches, 276–277
Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae, 277–278
Smith, Bessie
overview, 279
“St. Louis Blues” (Handy) and, 122
Smith, Bill, on Neal, 206–207
Smoltz, John, 14
snack foods. See also desserts
cheese straws, 50
Frito Pie, 105
kolaches, 158
Kool-Aid pickles, 158
nabs, 204
Zapp’s Potato Chips, 342
snakes, 279
sno-balls, 280
snowbirds, 280
soft-shell crabs, 280–281
Soldier’s Pay (Faulkner), 104
Some Good Things to Eat (Lane), 163
Song of the South
gizzards story in, 110
overview, 281
Uncle Remus, 316–317
sorghum, 281
Soul Burger, 86
soul food, 282–283
sour orange, 283
South Carolina
ACE Basin, 3–4
Charleston, 45–46
Daufuskie Island, 71
Lowcountry of, 173
Marsh Tackies and, 183–184
peach wars and, 232
Santee Delta, 266
Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), 55, 87, 156
Southern college football, 283–284
Southern Comfort, 284
Southern Food (Egerton), 88, 267
Southern Foodways Alliance, 89
Southern Gothic, 284–285
Southern Harvest (Leighton), 281
Southernisms, 285–286
Southern rock, 286
Southern sodas, 286–289
Spalding, Thomas, 300
Spanish moss, 289
spartina, 290
Speak Now Against the Day (Egerton), 88
spices. See condiments and sauces
sports. See also fishing; horses and horse racing; hunting
Amen Corner, 5
Atlanta Braves, 13–14
The Masters, 185
minor-league baseball, 193
NASCAR, 204
Palmer and, 226
in Savannah, Georgia, 266–267
Southern college football, 283–284
tailgating and, 301
Uga and, 316
Square Books, 222
stack cake, 290
Standard Candy Company, 113–114
Stanley, Carter, 290–291
Stanley, Ralph, 290–291
Stark, Ray, 293
state names. See Alabama; Florida; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas
Station Inn, 291
Stax Records, 292
Steel Magnolias (Harling), 292–293
Steen, Charley, 41
Steen, Elizabeth, 41
Stehling, Robert, 127
Stetson, John Batterson, 294
Stetson hats, 294
Stewart, Jim, 292
stews
Brunswick stew, 37
chicken mull, 51
étouffée, 90
gumbo, 119
hoppin’ John, 127–128
jambalaya, 139
red beans and rice, 251–252
ya-ka-mein, 340
Stipe, Michael, 11–12, 254
stone crabs, 294–295
Stonewall Jackson’s arm, 295
Streetcar Named Desire, A (Williams), 82, 131
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 87
Styron, William, 306
Sun Studio, 295
surcee, 296
Swartz, Bill, 288
sweetgrass baskets, 296
“Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynyrd Skynyrd), 175
sweet potatoes, 297
sweet tea, 297
Swindle, Michael, 199
symbol, fleur-de-lis, 98
T
Tabasco
Avery Island and, 14
overview, 300
tabby, 300
Taft, William Howard, 273
tailgating, 301
tamales, 301
tarpon, 302
Taste of Country Cooking, The (Lewis), 166, 167
Taylor, John Martin, 302–303
Teach, Edward “Blackbeard,” 25–26
Tennessee
Chattanooga, 49–50
Memphis, 189–191
Nashville, 205–206
Tennessee Walking Horse, 303
Tennessee whiskey, 303
Texas
Austin, 14–15
Houston, 130
as Lone Star state, 171
Tex-Mex, 304–305
“(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (Redding), 252
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), 133
This Side of Paradise (Fitzgerald), 97
Thornhill, Tommy, 144
thoroughbreds, 305
“Thrill Is Gone, The” (King), 155
tidewater, 305–306
Tidewater Morning, A (Styron), 306
Tipitina’s, 306–307
Tobias, Charles, 226
To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)
Lane cake and, 163
Lee’s biographical information, 164–165
overview, 307
tomatoes, fried green, 105
tomato pie, 307
Toole, John Kennedy, 307–308
Toups, Alzina, 308
Townes, Hap, 188–189
traditions. See customs
trees
Angel Oak, 6
dogwoods, 78–79
live oak, 169
longleaf pine, 171
magnolia, 179
palmetto, 227
pecans, 233–234
Trethewey, Natasha, 308–309
Trigger, 309
trotters, 310
Trucks, Derek, 155
Truman, Harry S., 154
Tubman, Harriet, 310
tupelo honey, 310–311
turkey hunting, 311–312
Turner, Ted
ACE Basin and, 3
overview, 312–313
Twain, Mark, 313–314
Tybee Bomb, 314
U
Uga, 316
Uncle Remus
gizzards story and, 110
overview, 316–317
Underground Railroad, 310
Underwood, Key, 58
University of Alabama, 283–284
University of Georgia, 316
University of Mississippi, 89
University of South Carolina, 301, 316
University of Tennessee, 301
University of the South (Sewanee), 271–272
University of Virginia, 142–143
USS Constitution, 169
V
Vanderbilt University, 261, 262, 316
Van Winkle family, 228
Van Zant, Ronnie, 175
Varsity, The, 317
Venus flytrap, 317–318
veranda, 318
Vesey, Denmark, 4
Vibration Cooking, or the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (Smart-Grosvenor), 278
vidalia onions, 319
Vietnamese-owned restaurants, crawfish served by, 63
Vieux Carré (cocktail), 319
Vieux Carré (French Quarter), 104–105
vinegar, 320
Virginia Housewife, The (Randolph), 96, 178, 218
Virginia wine, 320–321
Volta, Alessandro, 138
Voting Rights Act, 87, 143–144
Vrabel, Jeff, on
Savannah, Georgia, 266–267
W
Waffle House, 324
waffles, chicken and, 50–51
Wainscott, G. L., 287
Walker, Alice, 324–325
Walker, Jerry Jeff, 37
“Walkin’ after Midnight” (Cline), 56
“walking tacos,” 105
Wall, Dan, 11–12
Wall, Evander Berry, 153
Wallace, Daniel
on accent, 2–3
on Armstrong, 8–9
on bacon, 18
on Birmingham, Alabama, 23–24
on Coon Dog Cemetery, 58–59
on double names, 79–80
on hellbender salamander, 124–125
on mosquitoes, 197
on roadkill, 255–256
on Southernisms, 285–286
on yarns, 341
Wallace, George, 87
Walsh, Robb
on Houston, Texas, 130
on Tex-Mex, 304–305
Ward, Logan
on Blue Ridge Parkway, 28–29
on Jefferson, 141–143
on McAlpine, 186–187
on verandas, 318
Warner Bros. Records, 112
Washington, D. C., 325–326
Washington, George, 34, 95, 126, 231, 232, 260, 305
Waters, Muddy, 326
Watson, Doc, 326–328
Watson, Nancy, 327
Watson, Rosa Lee, 327
weapons
Bo Whoop, 33
double guns, 79
dueling and, 82–83
weather and natural disasters
earthquakes, 86
humidity, 130–132
Hurricane Katrina, 132, 150–151
hurricanes, 132
Weeki Wachee mermaids, 329–330
Wein, George, 139–140
Wells, Dean Faulkner, 221–222
Wells, Ida B.
Jim Crow and, 143
overview, 330
Wells, Larry, 221–222
Welty, Eudora
on humidity, 130–131
overview, 331
on sleeping porches, 277
on verandas, 318
Western swing
overview, 332
Wills and, 335
Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls), 332
White, Jack, 175
White, John Paul, 201
White, Tony Joe, 241
White Elephant Saloon, 279
White Lily flour
Dupree and, 83
overview, 332–333
white sauce, 333
whole-hog barbecue, 333
Widespread Panic, 12
wild hogs, 334
Williams, Addie, 189
Williams, Hank, Jr., 334
Williams, Hank and family
Grand Ole Opry and, 115
honky-tonk and, 127
overview, 334–335
pirogue in “Jambalaya,” 238
Williams, Holly
on Grand Ole Opry, 114–115
recording by, 334
Williams, Hosea, 87
Williams, Shelton Hank, III, 334–335
Williams, Tennessee, 82, 104, 131, 335
Willis, Virginia, 217
Wills, Bob
overview, 335
Western swing and, 332
Wilson, Angelish, 189
Wilson, John Lyde, 82
Wilson, Wesley, 236
Wilson, Woodrow, 194
wilted greens, 336
Wind, Herbert Warren, 5
wine. See alcoholic drinks
wisteria, 336
Wolfe, Thomas, 10, 277
womanism, 325
Wonder Bread, 336
Wondrich, David, 245
Woodson, Mary, 116
Woolworth’s, 173
World of Coca-Cola, 56
writers. See authors
wrought iron, 337
Wuxtry Records, 11–12
Wynette, Tammy, 146
X
XXX, 340
Y
ya-ka-mein, 340
y’all, 340–341
yardbird, 341
yarn, 341
Yearling, The (Rawlings), 250
Young, Neil, 175
Z
Zappe, Ron, 342
Zapp’s Potato Chips, 342
Zatarain, Emile, 342
Zatarain’s, 342
zombie cocktail, 343
zydeco, 343