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About Me

I’m an award-winning professional food writer, recipe developer, cooking teacher, and public speaker known for melding stories, humor, and culinary expertise.

I am also the host of The Key Ingredient, an Emmy-winning cooking show from PBS that airs and streams across the country.

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Publications

I’ve authored a tall stack of cookbooks and my writing and recipes appear in a long list of publications, including my role as Contributing Editor to Southern Living and featured columnist of Our State Magazine.

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Keeper of the Flame

In 2024, the Southern Foodways Alliance presented me with their Keeper of the Flame Award given to a foodways tradition bearer of note. The SFA also named me one of 20 Living Legends of Southern Food, calling me The Storyteller.

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North Carolina Roots

I grew up in Watauga County, NC in my beloved Blue Ridge Mountains and now live in Chatham County, NC where I can see trees and wildlife from my office window. I believe there’s no such thing as too many books (especially cookbooks), listen to lots of music, and cannot resist a farmers market.

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