Southern Tastemakers


A woman holds a scone in a kitchen

Food & Drink

From viral star to cookbook author, the Virginia chef is living her baking dreams

A portrait of a woman in a kitchen

Food & Drink

In her new cookbook, Bayou, the Louisiana chef shares her thoughts on the slow life, old-school fishing, and biscuits made with soda

A picture of Virginia Willis cutting a watermelon.

Food & Drink

The renowned chef updated her classic cookbook, Bon Appétit, Y’all —but stopped short of tampering with fried chicken

A chef couple stands in a restaurant

Fork in the Road

Zak Walters and Silvana Arandia-Walters capsize Okie stereotypes at their cozy cubbyhole

A portrait of a man

Food & Drink

Modern Creole is a universal love letter to home cooking and the city that raised him

A man stands in a restaurant with stacked chairs on tables

Food & Drink

For the Taqueria del Sol chef, you’re only limited by your own imagination

An asian man with a beard wearing a blue button up shirt standing in front of a wood door.

Food & Drink

The author and restaurateur on his new bourbon-centered cookbook, Kentucky’s whiskey landscape, and why labels aren’t everything