Gravy

Southern Foodways Alliance

Gravy shares stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat. Gravy showcases a South that is constantly evolving, accommodating new immigrants, adopting new traditions, and lovingly maintaining old ones. It uses food as a means to explore all of that, to dig into lesser-known corners of the region, complicate stereotypes, document new dynamics, and give voice to the unsung folk who grow, cook, and serve our daily meals.

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Gravy

Episodes (286)

Wed Apr 15th Sniffing Out American Truffles
Wed Apr 1st Virginia Has the Blue Catfish Blues
Mar 18th A Taste of the Other Georgia in Pensacola

Gravy

Apr 15, 2026
28½ minutes
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In “Sniffing Out American Truffles,” Gravy reporter Irina Zhorov explores truffle production in the U.S.—and how the South is emerging as a hub. Truffle production in the U.S. is a young industry. Commercial cultivation started in the 1980s. Truffles are a complicated business. When you’re farming truffles, what you’re really growing is trees. The truffles are fungi that grow on tree roots. The tree and the fungi work synergistically, the tree providing sugars to the fungi for nourishment and the fungi helping the roots reach further into the soil to absorb mo...

Gravy

Sniffing Out American Truffles

Southern Foodways Alliance

00:00 -27:36