Mark A. Johnson
@baconscholar.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Author of American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon.
Do you chicken brissil? If you are from Greenville in Butler County, Alabama, you do.
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
July 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Do you chicken brissil? If you are from Greenville in Butler County, Alabama, you do.
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
It’s a smoked chicken with an emphasis on a tangy vinegar sauce.
I was so glad to talk on Alabama barbecue to the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society. It was such a great audience!
I pulled this from some jerk over on Threads,
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
July 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I pulled this from some jerk over on Threads,
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
While I don’t know the race of the server, I thought this was a good time for a reminder that tipping culture is unique to the United States and a legacy of systemic racism! #foodstudies #food #history
We have pan-seared swordfish, fried eggplant, and roasted corn. Also homemade baguette and basque red wine.
These will be slathered in olive oil, butter, garlic and oregano. #hatm
These will be slathered in olive oil, butter, garlic and oregano. #hatm
July 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We have pan-seared swordfish, fried eggplant, and roasted corn. Also homemade baguette and basque red wine.
These will be slathered in olive oil, butter, garlic and oregano. #hatm
These will be slathered in olive oil, butter, garlic and oregano. #hatm
Lincoln ended up with some pretty weird neighbors in the bibliography.
May 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Lincoln ended up with some pretty weird neighbors in the bibliography.
Thank you UTC History Department and UTC History Club for inviting me to smoke some ribs for the end-of-the-year Porkorama.
April 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Thank you UTC History Department and UTC History Club for inviting me to smoke some ribs for the end-of-the-year Porkorama.
Two years ago tonight, my students and I put a whole hog in a smoker.
Tonight, I’m rubbing down ribs to cook for a student group and end-of-the-year party.
Tonight, I’m rubbing down ribs to cook for a student group and end-of-the-year party.
April 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Two years ago tonight, my students and I put a whole hog in a smoker.
Tonight, I’m rubbing down ribs to cook for a student group and end-of-the-year party.
Tonight, I’m rubbing down ribs to cook for a student group and end-of-the-year party.
I’m headed to Puerto Rico for the American Studies Association Annual Meeting!
This panel is stacked!
This panel is stacked!
April 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m headed to Puerto Rico for the American Studies Association Annual Meeting!
This panel is stacked!
This panel is stacked!
Let the sky rain potatoes
March 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Let the sky rain potatoes
I’m hitting the road this weekend. I’ll have two days in Birmingham capped off with this talk!
March 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’m hitting the road this weekend. I’ll have two days in Birmingham capped off with this talk!
No I’m not drinking on Monday morning (yet) but I forgot to post last night’s wine and reading material.
I’m hoping to integrate this into my thoughts on bacon and sex.
I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time, and so far, it pairs excellently with the weather and this wine.
I’m hoping to integrate this into my thoughts on bacon and sex.
I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time, and so far, it pairs excellently with the weather and this wine.
March 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No I’m not drinking on Monday morning (yet) but I forgot to post last night’s wine and reading material.
I’m hoping to integrate this into my thoughts on bacon and sex.
I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time, and so far, it pairs excellently with the weather and this wine.
I’m hoping to integrate this into my thoughts on bacon and sex.
I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time, and so far, it pairs excellently with the weather and this wine.
Côtes du Rhône tonight.
March 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Côtes du Rhône tonight.
“You’re making meringue, in this economy??”
March 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“You’re making meringue, in this economy??”
UTC Walker Center Book Club next week.
February 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
UTC Walker Center Book Club next week.
I’ll take fifty degrees for patio time with cat, tea, and books.
February 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’ll take fifty degrees for patio time with cat, tea, and books.
I’m at a Starbucks in a sweater. I’ve got reading glasses, coffee, and a book. I’m going to a play in an hour.
I am 1998’s intelligentsia.
I am 1998’s intelligentsia.
February 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’m at a Starbucks in a sweater. I’ve got reading glasses, coffee, and a book. I’m going to a play in an hour.
I am 1998’s intelligentsia.
I am 1998’s intelligentsia.
Can’t wait to read Jori Lewis’s Slaves for Peanuts.
February 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Can’t wait to read Jori Lewis’s Slaves for Peanuts.
What are you all reading these days?
February 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What are you all reading these days?
Book and Cat Time
January 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Book and Cat Time
If he doesn’t beg for food, I’m insulted.
This is Frank Stitt’s low country red rice with a piece of red snapper pan cooked in bacon grease.
This is Frank Stitt’s low country red rice with a piece of red snapper pan cooked in bacon grease.
December 31, 2024 at 2:18 AM
If he doesn’t beg for food, I’m insulted.
This is Frank Stitt’s low country red rice with a piece of red snapper pan cooked in bacon grease.
This is Frank Stitt’s low country red rice with a piece of red snapper pan cooked in bacon grease.
I’m getting back to work today but capping it off with the rest of this book and a sidecar.
Also, this book makes much more sense than a world in which white men “rawdog” their flights to invite pain amid otherwise safe and comfortable lives.
What about the people who don’t need to invite pain?
Also, this book makes much more sense than a world in which white men “rawdog” their flights to invite pain amid otherwise safe and comfortable lives.
What about the people who don’t need to invite pain?
December 30, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I’m getting back to work today but capping it off with the rest of this book and a sidecar.
Also, this book makes much more sense than a world in which white men “rawdog” their flights to invite pain amid otherwise safe and comfortable lives.
What about the people who don’t need to invite pain?
Also, this book makes much more sense than a world in which white men “rawdog” their flights to invite pain amid otherwise safe and comfortable lives.
What about the people who don’t need to invite pain?
Why do I even have a phone anymore?
December 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Why do I even have a phone anymore?
“Hey, whatcha reading?”
December 21, 2024 at 10:02 PM
“Hey, whatcha reading?”
We drank some extinct grapes tonight.
December 21, 2024 at 3:44 AM
We drank some extinct grapes tonight.