Industry Night: Giving Voice to the Southern Woman Cooks

Last I left off that I was having lunch at Jose’s with Alice Waters and Joan Nathan — and a few others because Alice was in town to receive Julia Child Foundation award AND I was there at the Museum of American History and so was former award winners, Danny Meyers, Sean Sherman, Grace Young, Jacques Pepin on and one of my guests today  Toni Tipton Martin — to honor Alice who has been a champion of local sustainable agriculture for over four decades.

So that is the perfect segue to Toni Tipton Martin and Morgan Bolling.

Their glorious new cookbook, When Southern Women Cook from America’s Test Kitchen, reflects the diversity of the South, the women who live there and their personal culinary histories. My understanding is that this book came together thanks to Toni - (who is the EIC at Cook’s Country Magazine) and Morgan’s - (who is the executive Editor at the publication) — conversations about the intersection of food & women empowerment.

More than 70 women (several of whom have been on this show) share their Southern roots through storytelling and recipes.

Yes, there’s recipes for fried chicken (8 actually and we will find out why) and so many other favorites but more importantly Toni and Morgan provide a space for women to take control of the Southern Culinary narrative.

When Southern Women Cook — History, Lore and 300 Recipes

And if you do not know, Toni Tipton Martin is multi time James Beard Award–winning author and is one of the founders of the Southern Foodways Alliance

And Morgan Bolling is a tv celebrity, as a cast member of the Cook’s Country TV show.

Watch the full episode here or Listen to it here.