John T. Edge (Southern Foodways Alliance) on Nightline last night

Written By Robin Wade

john t. edge southern foodways allianceI'm clearly not the only Southerner that struggles to work through our Southern history.  John T. Edge, Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, always has a refreshing take on it, as well as leading us to a bright future - thru one of my favorite things - FOOD!  Last night on Nightline, he showcased North Charleston's Scotts Barbecue. 

It was interesting to hear him use the term "honest" when describing Scott's, food, and the South in general.  . . .  See the watermelons on the front porch.  Obviously somebody grew some and needed to sell them.

Thank you John T. Edge and the Southern Foodways Alliance for helping us work all this out.

Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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