Biscuits & Jam

Sid Evans runs Southern Living magazine, and Biscuits & Jam is essentially his excuse to spend an hour every week talking with people about how the South shaped them through food and music. The premise is simple and it works: guests walk through the meals and songs that defined their upbringing, and somewhere in there the conversation always tips into something more personal. Trisha Yearwood talks about her mother's cooking and her first record deal in the same breath. Fannie Flagg describes the Alabama diners that fed her imagination. Jamey Johnson, Marcus King, and Fred Minnick have all sat in and left with something of themselves on the tape. Chefs like Erika Council and Tiffany Derry bring the restaurant side of Southern food into focus, while burger scholar George Motz talks about regional hamburger styles most people have never heard of. Evans is an unhurried interviewer, content to let guests wander, which suits the material. Episodes run about 45 minutes and drop every Tuesday, and there are over 250 in the archive now, which means you can pick almost any Southern cultural figure of note and find their episode.