Shepherded by Toni Tipton-Martin and Cook's Country Executive Editor and TV personality Morgan Bolling, When Southern Women Cook showcases the hard work, hospitality, and creativity of women who have given soul to Southern cooking from the start.

Coming soon on May 5, 2026!

Do you have salt and pepper in your kitchen? Are you looking for quick and easy recipes that don’t cost a fortune to make? Then this book is for you!

I was honored to help bring to life the remarkable story, recipes, and kitchen wisdom of Tenney Flynn, the now-retired award-winning chef of GW Fins in New Orleans, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the fishmonger czar of the Gulf region.” Tenney and the book were featured on Live With Kelly and Ryan and numerous other TV shows, podcasts, and articles. “The Deep End of Flavor” was named Cookbook of the Year by New Orleans Magazine, and was a 2019 Foreword Indies finalist.

I spent seven years documenting the inspired methods of Eddie Hernandez, the executive chef of the wildly successful Taqueria del Sol restaurants in Atlanta and Nashville, a journey that begins in Monterrey, Mexico, and flourishes in his adopted South. Publishers Weekly, Epicurious, and several other media outlets named it a top cookbook pick for spring 2018, and the book and the chef were prominently featured in Garden & Gun, the New York Times, CBS This Morning, NPR Weekend Edition, and many other media outlets.

In the acknowledgments, James Beard Award-winning Atlanta chef Steven Satterfield referred to me as his “local editor, writing coach, and surrogate wife.” He was kidding about the wife part, of course. We did work together in close partnership to execute his vision of a field guide to inspire and teach consumers to cook with locally available produce.

In its first month it was a #1 New Release on Amazon, and received positive reviews from the New York Times, Epicurious, Garden & Gun, and others.

The history and culture of the Mississippi Delta has long fascinated and mystified me. I embarked on a series of road trips to explore its distinctive foodways, from “the lobby of Peabody Hotel in Memphis to Catfish Row in Vicksburg,” and channeled my discoveries into a travel guide of sorts, with recipes. It received a positive review in Saveur magazine and many other publications.

In 2014, the Georgia Center for the Book named “Eat Drink Delta” one of Ten Books Every Georgian Should Read.

I collaborated with Daron “Farmer D” Joffe, one of the country’s most innovative leaders in organic farming practices to produce this inspiring call to action, with stories, gardening tips, and simple recipe ideas.

The International Association of Culinary Professionals awarded it the top prize in the Food Matters category of their 2015 Cookbook Awards competition!

What began as one of the first online Mediterranean food blogs has blossomed into the leading site for modern Mediterranean cooking and lifestyle with millions of readers — and now it is the inspiration for the long-awaited first cookbook from Suzy Karadsheh. I was so honored to collaborate with Suzy in bringing this beautiful book — now a New York Times Bestseller — to life!