


Angela Medearis: The Ultimate Kitchen Diva
Medearis, a television chef known as the Kitchen Diva, has written 107 books. Many are children’s books, but she also is a cookbook author focusing on both the historic roots of African American cookery and healthy eating like The Kitchen Diva's Diabetic Cookbook: 150 Healthy, Delicious Recipes for Diabetics and Those Who Dine with Them. But she didn't start off to be a cook.

The South’s Best Butts: Pitmaster Secrets for Southern Barbecue Perfection
Covering 10,000 miles in three months, Michael Moore gathered special recipes and tips from the eateries of Southern grillmasters and restaurants owned by such well-known chefs as Michael Solomonov, owner of Zahav in Philadelphia and Ashley Christensen's Death & Taxes in Raleigh, North Carolina. He’s put all this together in his latest book, Serial Griller: Grillmaster Secrets for Flame-Cooked Perfection.

Herbsaint: A New, New Orleans Classic
I was in New Orleans this fall and stayed at the B&W Courtyards, a charming bed and breakfast on Chartres Street that is a collection of 1854 cottages joined together […]

Carla Hall’s “Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration”
This spring, just a day or so before she was in Benton Harbor doing her cooking demonstration at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores, both Carla Hall—and the […]

Hot Chicken Takeover: Good Food & Second Chances
Hot Chicken Takeover hadn’t opened yet and already the line on the second floor in North Market, Columbus Ohio’s super food emporium was about a half hour long. “It’s always […]

Crazy Sista Cooking: Cuisine & Conversation with Lucy Anne Buffet
When my daughter was in high school, I drove her and a friend down to Gulf Shores, Alabama for spring break. While we were there, a friend insisted we go […]

Magnolia Springs, Alabama
On a languid afternoon after too much time in the sun in Gulf Shores, Alabama, I decided to follow the coastline in Magnolia Springs, a small town along the headwaters […]

Turnips & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen
Southern food meets Mexican food in Eddie Hernandez’s new book Turnips & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen. Hernandez, the James Beard nominated chef/co-owner of Taqueria del Sol, […]