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Due South

'When Southern Women Cook' celebrates the unsung stars of the culinary world

By Leoneda Inge,

Published November 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM EST

For centuries, women have been the unsung stars of the Southern kitchen. A new book called When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore and 300 Recipes with Contributions from 70 Women Writers seeks to pay women proper due for their culinary innovations.

Guests

Toni Tipton-Martin, culinary journalist, three-time James Beard Award winner and the editor-in-chief of Cook’s Country magazine

Morgan Bolling, executive editor of Creative Content at Cook’s Country and an Executive Editor at America’s Test Kitchen

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Stacia Brown

Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.

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