Apr. 3—Sure, lots of great songs have been written about many subjects, with by far the preponderance of them about the eternal subject of romantic love. Still, that leaves a world of other subjects ...

It would be extremely hard nowadays to imagine a family not visiting a grocery store each week. It would be even harder to imagine having to “live off the land” today. Growing up in a large ...

Poke salad comes from young pokeweed leaves, made safe to eat through careful boiling. The leaves are boiled twice, drained, and often sautéed in bacon grease. It's a traditional Southern foraged dish ...

Half a century ago the AM airwaves included a tune by a momentarily famous rock singer who crooned about Polk Salad Annie. While not exactly epic lyrics, it did have a catchy beat which made it to ...

His music, swamp rock, is soulful, or bluesy and even both at the same time. But no matter the term, Tony Joe White’s songs are always heartfelt, steeped in reality and they always have something to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tony Joe White, the country bluesman and hit songwriter behind such successes as "Poke Salad Annie" and "Rainy Night in Georgia," has died. He was 75. A statement released Thursday ...

Poke, the Hawaiian dish of spiced raw fish, is quickly becoming as ubiquitous as the croissant-donut hybrid, so it’s no wonder that Old Town Pasadena is home to not just one, but two poke restaurants ...

In 1969, Tony Joe White released what would become his signature song, the grooving, growling “Polk Salad Annie.” A cautionary tale about a Southern girl from a family of miscreants, it’d be covered ...

Do you have 10 minutes and a hankering for fresh seafood without a costly trip to your nearest sushi joint? Then please, please make this Hawaiian poké salad. The recipe comes from chef Luis Colon of ...

A record label representative says Tony Joe White, the country bluesman and hit songwriter behind such successes as "Polk Salad Annie" and "Rainy Night in Georgia," has died. He was 75. A statement ...

Dozens upon dozens of edible plants grow wild in our region, but only one was ever featured in a hit song. ‘Polk Salad Annie,’ a ditty by a Southern boy named Tony Joe White about the joys of foraged ...