@Legit_Spaghetti labor issues and industrialized food. Plenty of traditional American foods are plenty good. People just don’t eat like that anymore, and don’t have the time. Food deserts and supply chain fuckery also means people are very detached from food sources.
I’m very allergic to the Bon Appetite style of ‘fancy food’ coz I think that lens is unnecessarily elitist. I’m curious about food cultures of the South and think they probably represent the type of food culture I feel very familiar in.