Eat Drink Delta: A Hungry Traveler's Journey through the Soul of the South

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6 Eat Drink Delta eat drink delta A Hungry Traveler’s Journey through the Soul of the South Susan Puckett Y Photographs by Langdon Clay 6 The University of Georgia Press Athens & London Publication of this work was made possible, in part, by a generous gift from the University of Georgia Press Friends Fund. Excerpt in chapter 7 from Lanterns on the Levee, by William Alexander Percy, copyright 1941 by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House Inc. and renewed 1969 by LeRoy Pratt Percy. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. Other copyrights and acknowledgments appear on pages 279–85, which constitute a continuation of this copyright page. Map on page xvii by XNR Productions. Langdon Clay's photo on page vi is of Steven's Bar-B-Q in Greenwood. Published by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org© 2013 by Susan Puckett Photographs © 2013 by Langdon Clay All rights reserved Designed by Erin Kirk New Set in New Century Schoolbook and Franklin Gothic The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Manufactured in Korea for Pacom 17 16 15 14 13 P 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Puckett, Susan, 1956– Eat Drink Delta : A Hungry Traveler’s Journey through the Soul of the South / Susan Puckett ; Photographs by Langdon Clay. — 1st [edition].   pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8203-4425-6 (pbk.) isbn-10: 0-8203-4425-7 (paperback) 1. Cooking, American—Louisiana style. 2. Cooking, American—Southern style. 3. Delta (Miss. : Region)— Guidebooks. I. Clay, Langdon, 1949– II. Title. tx715.2.l68p83 2013 641.5975—dc23   2012022207 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available I dedicate this book to the memory of my father, Jacob Charles Puckett, who instilled in me a deep appreciation for my Mississippi roots and the tastes and tales associated with them. ...