Cookbooks

Susan Gravely, the founder of the Vietri Italian dinnerware company, talks about how her life in an eastern North Carolina tobacco family led her to set the perfect table.

Edna Lewis changed the perception of Southern food in American culture with her cookbook, “The Taste of Country Cooking” (Knopf/1976). She touted the use…

Edna Lewis changed the perception of Southern food in American culture with her cookbook, “The Taste of Country Cooking” (Knopf/1976). She touted the use…

Chef Vivian Howard stars in the fourth season of her PBS show, "A Chef’s Life," which debuts later this month. The premiere precedes the release of a…

Chef Vivian Howard stars in the fourth season of her PBS show, "A Chef’s Life," which debuts later this month. The premiere precedes the release of a…

Fanny Slater’s journey into the kitchen starts with what she calls the “brownie legacy:” a few years before she was born, her parents started business…

Fanny Slater’s journey into the kitchen starts with what she calls the “brownie legacy:” a few years before she was born, her parents started business…

Sara Foster was in many ways destined to open Foster’s Market, a gourmet restaurant and store in Durham, N.C. As a young kid she spent a lot of her time…

Sara Foster was in many ways destined to open Foster’s Market, a gourmet restaurant and store in Durham, N.C. As a young kid she spent a lot of her time…

When Gourmet magazine, shut down six years ago this month, editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl was devastated. The former Los Angeles Times food editor and New…