PITTSBURG, Kan. – For a short time on April 30, 2020, “America’s ‘fried chicken war'” was a top headline on the homepage of BBC.com, one of the most visited news sites across the globe. BBC Travel sent a writer to Southeast Kansas in late 2019 to learn about the “war”, and that story is now live on their website – BBC.com/travel.
The Crawford County Convention & Visitors Bureau shared the link to the story from their social media pages with the note: “When BBC Travel sent Diana Meyer and her husband Bruce to Southeast Kansas to learn about the region’s immigrant history and fried chicken, they discovered a story about survival.”
During her visit, Meyer, a travel writer with her own blog, mojotraveler.com, toured Big Brutus and spoke with descendants of the famous Chicken Annie and Chicken Mary and discovered a story about immigration, ingenuity, and the American spirit.
To read Meyer’s story, visit http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200429-americas-fried-chicken-war
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