Brought to you by the Southern Foodways Alliance
May 23-25, 2008

Follow blues scholar Scott Barretta along Highway 61. Dish Chicago culinary history with Bruce Kraig, the Horace of hot dogs. Feast at West Town Tavern as Susan Goss pays homage to Edna Stewart and other old guard Chicago soul cooks. Take a bite out of a Mother-In-Law. Get the blues with Jimmy Burns at The Hideout. Shop the Maxwell Street Market. Wolf a catfish sandwich. Get in the swim at an aquarium barbecue pit. And more. Lots more.

For an additional fee, guests have the option of going on a Chicago X'Cursion. These mini-tours, guided by local folks who know their city best, will showcase the South in Chicago (Up South) and still get you to lunch on time. One of the X'Cursions is an on-the-ground education in Mother-in-Laws. Hike through Chicago with LTH forum leader (and mouse geneticist) Peter Engler, who contributed photographs to the Tamale Trail's Chicago Connection page, in search of the Windy City's famed tamale in a bun. Visit a tamale factory, and learn how these Delta treats arrived to the Windy City.

Visit the SFA's main site for more information and to register.