The Potlikker PapersBy: John T. Edge The one food book you must read this year." Southern Living One of Christopher Kimballs Six Favorite Books About Food A peoples history that reveals how Southerners shaped American culinary identity and how race relations impacted Southern food culture over six revolutionary decades Like great provincial dishes around the world, potlikker is a salvage food. During the antebellum era, slave owners ate the greens from the pot and set