Kentucky Chili Bun Trail Oral History Project

A Kentucky Oral History Commission funded project of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA), the Kentucky Chili Bun Trail documents the lives of Eastern Kentucky through the lens of the chili bun, a working-class food with ties to the Great Depression, pool halls, the intricate railroad system, and the coal mining industry of the twentieth century. By interviewing past and present owners of establishments serving this eastern Kentucky food tradition, the project examines the role of class and gender in eastern Kentucky.

Interviews