22 min listen
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Apr 21, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Every week, Cracker Barrel provides 4 million Americans with a studied version of down-home Southern food and hospitality. The dumplins and the chicken-fried steak. The country knick-knacks and the rocking chairs. What are we really consuming, culturally, along with the hashbrown casserole? In this episode of Gravy, Besha Rodell ponders the restaurant chain, the trickiness of Southern nostalgia, and how all of that has ended up informing her understanding of family.
Released:
Apr 21, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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