Home to a bounty of cookbooks, plus author talks, cooking classes, and clubs, these five Southern stores promise to leave you ...

Nathalie Dupree was famously guided by a principle known as the "pork chop theory." One pork chop in a pan goes dry, but two or more and the fat from one feeds the other, she was known to say. That ...

The culinary world lost a Southern icon with the passing of Nathalie Dupree. Over the years, the James Beard Award-winning chef, cookbook author and television personality became a mentor to food and ...

Culinary historian Michael Twitty discusses his new book, "Recipes From the American South." Twitty reflects on his 2013 open letter to Paula Deen, which criticized her for not acknowledging the Black ...

The cover of "When Southern Women Cook" and authors Toni Tipton-Martin (left) and Morgan Bolling (right). (Courtesy of America's Test Kitchen) Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on April 7, ...

NPR staff recommend cookbooks from this year's Books We Love list: "When Southern Women Cook," "The Salvi Soul Cookbook," "Sandwiches of History" and "Amrikan." For many of us, winter means avoiding ...

UNC Press has always had a taste for Southern food, producing more than its share of Southern cookbooks. But it will serve a veritable feast over the next few years with a new series called Savor the ...

Recipe adapted from Pig by James Villas. Villas says that center slices are the best choice for frying ham. The ham should also be properly cured and a dark pink or light brown color; avoid reddish ...