Oxford Americanâs Annual Food Issue Features a Heaping Helping of Local Talent Guest editor Alice Randall has assembled some great Nashville contributors Tweet
Probably only second in popularity to its annual music issue,
Oxford Americanâs yearly food-focused edition is always highly anticipated among readers of the Arkansas-based magazine. For its 2021 issue, now available on newsstands or online, the publication has tapped acclaimed Nashville author and food expert Alice Randall as guest editor, and she has recruited some remarkable local contributors.
Randall introduces the issue with an essay dedicated to two noted food writers who died in the past year â Julia Reed and Randall Keenan â along with Marie Dutton Brown, a longtime literary agent who paved the way for many Black writers in the competitive world of publishing. Lokelani Alabanza, the owner of plant-based Nashville ice cream company Saturated, contributes a thoughtful essay opin