The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook

Author: Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock

This joyful coming together of two extraordinary cooks delivers 225 recipes and reflections on Southern food. Interwoven throughout are wonderful stories about the people and the traditions that shaped these genuinely American recipes. 60 full-color photos.

Award: IACP Crystal Whisk Award – Nominee
Award: James Beard Foundation Book Awards – Nominee
Award: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize – Winner

About the Author
Edna Lewis is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grande Dame of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (1999). She is the author of The Taste of Country Cooking as well as In Pursuit of Flavor and The Edna Lewis Cookbook. She lives in Decatur, Georgia.

Scott Peacock was born and raised in Alabama. He has served as chef to two governors of Georgia and at two restaurants, Atlanta’s Horseradish Grill and, most recently, the highly regarded Watershed in Decatur, where he lives.