Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
4-17-2019
Abstract
This poster seeks to determine which areas of the South have embraced high-end Southern eating and what factors affect the culinary identity of those regions. This is done by examining the distribution and relative number of high-end Southern cuisine restaurants in the American South in contexts such as income, education, age, and obesity. Websites such as Tripadvisor.com present comprehensive listings of a city’s restaurants. Data on the type, price point, and quality of restaurants were collected for 50 sample cities stratified by population and regional location. Graphing and statistical calculators were used to find a correlation between the occurrences of high-end southern restaurants and the census variable recorded. Results demonstrate a heterogeneous geography of the culinary South and its growing prestige as a restaurant cuisine. The relative presence of high-end Southern cuisine is tied to several mediating contexts such as income, the presence of young singles, and education of the population. The shift to this ‘New South’ cuisine has become most apparent in urban counties that exemplify one or more of these instigating factors.
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Recommended Citation
Knowles, Jacob, "The Rise of Gourmet Eating in The New American South" (2019). Papers, Posters, and Recordings. 18.
https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/great-day-works/18