Description

Video recording of Dexter Weaver, owner of the Athens, Georgia restaurant Weaver D's, explaining that soul food is food for the soul. He speaks while sitting at a table in his restaurant. Several posters hang on the wall behind him, including one featuring the Athens-based rock band R.E.M. and one of blues musician Buddy Guy.Weaver states that soul food is "food for the soul; it's good to you [and] it's good for you." He recounts a story of a patron who was unable to recreate the corn muffins served at Weaver D's, and he laughs as he states that he told the patron that she was missing a "soul ingredient."

Record Contributed By

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia