John T. Edge in conversation with Tom Junod | House of Smoke
Schedule
Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
99 Krog St NE, Atlanta, GA 30307-2677, United States | Atlanta, GA
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The author of “The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South” tells his own story this time. Of growing up in a house wrecked by violence and a South haunted by racism. And of how his search for home led him to find escape and belonging through food. Until he realizes that gathering at the table is just one small step toward reckoning.A Cappella Books and the Ticonderoga Club welcome John T. Edge to celebrate the release of his new memoir, “House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home.” Edge will appear in conversation with a multi-award-winning journalist and ESPN Senior Writer, Tom Junod.
Tickets are available in two tiers: ��
-Admit One ($48 + tax) includes admission for one to the author talk, a signed first edition of “House of Smoke,” a welcome cocktail (compliments of the Ticonderoga Club bar team), and passed snacks from the TC Kitchen. ��
-Admit Two ($60 + tax) includes admission for two with the same perks—one signed first edition of “House of Smoke” per couple, plus a welcome cocktail and passed snacks for each guest.
Please Note: Seating is limited. Reservations are required and can be made via Resy.
About the Book
In this unflinching and moving memoir, John T. Edge takes us on a quest for home in a South that has both held him close and pushed him away, as he tries and fails and tries again to rewrite the stories he inherited. Born in a house where a Confederate general took his first breath and the Lost Cause narrative was gospel, troubled by the violence he witnessed as a boy, Edge ran from his past, searching for a newer and better South. As founding director of the Southern Foodways Alliance and a contributor to newspapers and magazines, he told stories that showcased those possibilities.
In the process, Edge became one of the most visible and powerful voices in American food…until he found himself denounced by the audience he once guided, faced down the limits of his work, and returned to his origins to find himself once again. Beginning in Georgia and concluding in Mississippi, his search spans the Deep South and charts a very American story of the truth telling and soul searching it takes to love your people and your place.
About the Author
John T. Edge writes and hosts the Emmy Award-winning television show “TrueSouth” on the SEC Network, ESPN, Disney, and Hulu. Edge also writes a restaurant column for Garden & Gun. His 2017 book “The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South” was named one of the best books of the year by NPR and Publishers Weekly. Edge serves the University of Mississippi as a teacher, writer-in-residence, and director of the Mississippi Lab. And he serves the University of Georgia as a mentor in their low-residency MFA program in narrative nonfiction. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife, the artist Blair Hobbs. ��
About the Conversation Partner��
Tom Junod is senior writer for ESPN Magazine, where his work has won an Emmy and the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. He is a two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and a winner of the James Beard Award for essay writing. Previously he was a staff writer at GQ and Esquire. The film “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” was based on his article in Esquire. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and daughter.
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99 Krog St NE, Atlanta, GA 30307-2677, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
