Secrets of the Southern Table: A Food Lover's Tour of the Global South Cooking Smart-Grosvenor wanted to keep the

Smart-Grosvenor wanted to keep the discussion of her cookbook/memoir focused on its message of food as a source of pride and validation of black womanhood and black "consciousness raising

one to savor both for its stories and for its food

won a James Beard Award in 2018

She has her own lifestyle and jewelry brand

Secrets of the Southern Table: A Food Lover's Tour of the Global South Cooking Smart-Grosvenor wanted to keep theAuthor: Virginia Willis Recipes and stories of the modern South In Secrets of the Southern Table, award winning chef and cookbook author Virginia Willis takes you on a tour of today's South a region rich in history and cultural diversity. With her signature charm and wit, Virginia shares many well known Southern recipes like Pimento Cheese Tomato Herb Pie and "Cathead" Biscuits, but also some surprising revelations drawn from the area's many global