Herewith, we present our list of must-have Southern cookbooks (most of which are penned by Georgians!). These standout culinary authors showcase, gastronomically speaking, where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re headed. Even if you never cook, each of these volumes makes for novelistic reading.

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11/1/2009
The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern by Matt Lee and Ted Lee
You’ll find no better cookbook gift for Southern-food lovers this year than The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern, but first buy yourself a copy to serve the smashing pimento-cheese potato gratin with Thanksgiving dinner. Matt Lee and Ted Lee earned heaps of accolades for The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, their ...
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9/3/2009
Southern Cooking by Mrs. S.R. Dull
Any discussion of Georgia cookbooks begins with Henrietta Stanley Dull’s regional masterwork. An able cook who became the family wage earner when her husband’s health failed, Dull catered and demonstrated gas stoves for Atlanta Gas Light Company before being named the editor of the home economics page for the Atlanta ...
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9/3/2009
Bon Appétit, Y’all by Virginia Willis
Long regarded in Atlanta (and beyond) for her grace and culinary prowess, Georgia native Virginia Willis debuted her first cookbook last year, and it’s a visual and gustatory stunner. Willis has earned quite the culinary pedigree: She apprenticed with Nathalie Dupree, studied with Anne Willan at her famed La Varenne ...
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9/3/2009
BakeWise by Shirley O. Corriher
Corriher, an Atlanta biochemist who became a recipe consultant to food companies and cookbook authors, made the science behind food accessible—chatty, even—in her first book, CookWise. Late last year, after a dozen years of testing and tinkering, Corriher published its sweet-toothed sequel. BakeWise is a tome of cakes, cookies, pies, ...
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