SEC Network’s food show ‘TrueSouth’ returning to Alabama

SEC Network’s food show ‘TrueSouth’ returning to Alabama

The SEC Network’s food show “TrueSouth” will return to Alabama for its upcoming sixth season, according to a freshly revealed teaser.

The clip shown on Twitter is short on specifics but long on atmosphere and the ebullient voice of host John T. Edge, who proclaims: “TrueSouth returns with new foods and new faces as we search for home, one story at a time.”

As Edge lists the cities he’ll be visiting, he reveals more about what’s on the menu in some than others. In St. Augustine, Fla., he’ll promises “the fried shrimp of your dreams,” for example. All we learn about the upcoming Alabama episode is that it’ll take place somewhere in the Black Belt and will feature “art and barbecue.”

Okay, maybe we know a little more than that. Between the Alabama River ferry and the quilts glimpsed hanging on a wall, we can deduce that Edge passes through Gee’s Bend. Obsessive frame-by-frame scrutiny leads us to T-N-T BBQ in York, Ala., which posted on Facebook back in April that Edge and his show would be paying a visit.

The other places visited in Season Six include Dublin, Ga. and Hot Springs, Ark. It’s “coming this fall,” though airdates haven’t been announced.

This will be Edge’s third visit to Alabama with “TrueSouth,” after featuring Birmingham in the very first episode, back in 2018, and the Mobile Bay area in Season Four in 2021. The SEC Network describes TrueSouth as a series in which each episode “revolves around two food stories told from one place, which TrueSouth sets in conversation to make larger points about Southern beliefs and identities.”

In the Birmingham episode, Edge showcased Johnny’s Restaurant in Homewood and the Bright Star in Bessemer. In the Mobile Bay episode, Edge visited Pirates Cove in Baldwin County, followed by Cozy Brown’s Kitchen in Prichard. Along the way he made a detour to Bayou La Batre, and spent a little time talking about the story of the slave ship Clotilda.