Apr. 3—Sure, lots of great songs have been written about many subjects, with by far the preponderance of them about the eternal subject of romantic love. Still, that leaves a world of other subjects ...

Poke salad comes from young pokeweed leaves, made safe to eat through careful boiling. The leaves are boiled twice, drained, and often sautéed in bacon grease. It's a traditional Southern foraged dish ...

The Historical Society of Bay County has worked with the Smithsonian to create a new exhibit exploring Panhandle history ...

For all my born days, I have heard pastors say “Today's sermon is one that I was 'led' to preach.” I must say that I was first 'led' into the composition of this month's submission by a very special ...

Eating your greens is one thing, eating your poisonous greens is another. Filmmaker Joe York and the Southern Foodways Alliance shed light on poke sallet, a Mississippi staple in many households. Poke ...

Poke sallet has long been a staple in the Appalachian South. Also known as pokeweed, pokebush, pokeroot, it goes by the Latin name Phytolacca americana. As Southern Foodways Alliance member Joe York ...

In 1969, Tony Joe White released what would become his signature song, the grooving, growling “Polk Salad Annie.” A cautionary tale about a Southern girl from a family of miscreants, it’d be covered ...

It would be extremely hard nowadays to imagine a family not visiting a grocery store each week. It would be even harder to imagine having to “live off the land” today. Growing up in a large ...

Poke, the Hawaiian dish of spiced raw fish, is quickly becoming as ubiquitous as the croissant-donut hybrid, so it’s no wonder that Old Town Pasadena is home to not just one, but two poke restaurants ...

Bowls of steamed rice and ahi poke go for $8.95, up from $7.95. Salmon poke bowls are $9.95. Ditto poke salad, with mixed greens and sesame dressing. There’s also a kimchee poke bowl, for $8.95. Or, ...