Martha Hall Foose

MARTHA HALL FOOSE is the co-author of "A Good Meal Is Hard to Find: Storied Recipes from the Deep South" (Chronicle Books, 2020). Martha’s cookbook career began with "Screen Doors & Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales of a Southern Cook," the best-selling homage to Southern cooking, won the James Beard Award for American Cooking and The Southern Independent Booksellers Award. Her well-received follow-up, "A Southerly Course: Recipes & Stories from Close to Home," found its way onto Best of the Best lists from NPR and Food & Wine. She co-authored "Oh Gussie! Cooking and Visiting in Kimberly’s Southern Kitchen with Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town." Martha also co-authored "My Two Souths: Blending the Flavors of India into a Southern Kitchen" with chef Asha Gomez which won the 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Indian Cuisine, garnered a James Beard Nomination for Best Cookbook: American, and won Food 52’s Piglet Award for Cookbook of the Year. Her second collaboration with Asha Gomez, "I Cook in Color: Bright Flavors from My Kitchen and Around the Globe," is scheduled for publication in 2020. Martha makes her home in the Mississippi Delta with her husband and son. | www.marthafoose.com