Egerton, John

John Egerton is a journalist and author whose books include the award-winning "Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History" and "Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South". He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. General editor John T. Edge is executive director of the Southern Foodways Alliance in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1999, the SFA works to celebrate, preserve, promote, and nurture the diverse food cultures of the American South. Its members include scholars, chefs, cookbook authors, journalists, and farmers.