Sheri Castle
University of North Carolina Press, 2011

See the book's page for more details.

Edited by Sara Roahen and John T. Edge
University of Georgia Press, 2010

As a coauthor of the book, I tested and edited all of the recipes. The book has gotten some great reviews and shout-outs in a number of places, including Garden & Gun and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The SFA website has more information about the book. It's available through your favorite bookseller.

The SFA Community Cookbook won a Gourmand award as one of the world's best cookbooks for 2010. See the Gourmand International website for the complete list of winners. The book was also a finalist for the IACP 2011 Cookbook Awards.

• Barbecue Shrimp Over Rice
• Pineapple Upside-Down Cakes One by One
• Chicken Stew with Fluffy Dumplings

Edited by Ronni Lundy
University of North Carolina Press, 2005

This annual collection of the best of Southern food writing featured my essay "Cornbread Communion." This piece also won the Edible Communities scholarship to the Symposium for Professional Food Writers in 2007.

thekitchn.com published three articles I wrote on holiday breakfasts:

• Sticky Buns & Baked Eggs: A Holiday Breakfast That's Easier Than It Looks, featuring recipes for Creamed Spinach with Baked Eggs and the life-changing Caramel-Pecan Sticky Buns.
• Savory Bread Pudding & Citrus Salad: A Citrus-Inspired Brunch for Any Time of Day, with recipes for Citrus Salad with Honey & Bitters Dressing, Inspired Toast with Sweet Citrus Butter, and Savory Bread Pudding with Spinach, Chèvre, Smoked Ham & Smoky Roasted Red Pepper Sauce.
• Lucky Is As Lucky Does: A Brunch Menu for New Year's Day, with lucky New Year's Day recipes for Hoppin' John Risotto with Collard Pesto and Fresh Grape Cake with Luscious Lemon Sauce.

I have written or co-written several articles for Gilt Taste:

• Strawberry Shortcake with Chocolate Gravy, featuring the wonderful Appalachian tradition of chocolate gravy
• Apple Core Values, an article about tasty things to do with apple cores and skins
• Hoppin' John: Pork, Peas, and Rice for New Year's Luck, featuring my recipe for Hoppin' John Risotto with Collard Pesto
• Reveal the Appeal of Potato Peels, featuring four techniques for making the most of potato skins
• Have a Fine Time with Watermelon Rind, how to make roasted, candied, pickled, and parmesan-crusted watermelon rind
• A Rind is a Terrible Thing to Waste contains my recipes for Vanilla-Ginger Watermelon Rind Preserves and Quick Watermelon Rind Refrigerator Pickles.

• A feature article on The New Southern Garden Cookbook
• An article on Cookbooks with a Southern Twist featured my recipe for Miracle Drop Biscuits from The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook.

On July 22, 2011, an Epicurious.com article sang the praises of two Southern cookbooks: The New Southern Garden Cookbook and Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen. The article included three of my recipes from the book:

• Ozark Pudding
• Peach Iced Tea Sorbet
• Real Skillet Cornbread

Quoting author Esther Sung, "I appreciate Castle's ingredient-first philosophy, and as a lifelong Northeasterner, she helps breach the gap and makes Southern cooking approachable and even more universal."