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Virginia was born in Augusta, Georgia and moved to Alexandria, Louisiana when she was 3 years old.
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Okra: A Savor the South Cookbook BY Willis, Virginia ( Author ) { Hardcover } 2014
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Okra: A Savor the South? Cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks) (Hardback) - Common
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Okra: A Savor the South? Cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks)
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Okra: a Savor the South?? cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks) by Virginia Willis (2014-03-10)
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Okra: a Savor the South® cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks) by Willis, Virginia (March 10, 2014) Hardcover
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Okra: a Savor the South® cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks)
(Passionate okra lovers crave this bright green, heat-lovi...)
Passionate okra lovers crave this bright green, heat-loving vegetable, whether fried, grilled, steamed, roasted, boiled, broiled, pickled, raw, whole, sliced, or julienned. With Okra, Virginia Willis provides "the key that unlocks the door of okra desire" to okra addicts and newcomers to the pod alike. Topping eight feet, with gorgeous butter-yellow flowers that ripen into the plant's signature seed-filled pods, okra has a long association with foodways in the American South. But as Willis shows, okra is also an important ingredient in cuisines across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Featuring gardening tips, a discussion of heirloom varieties, and expert cooking directions (including a list of "top ten slime-busting tips"), Okra brilliantly showcases fifty delectable recipes: twenty-six southern dishes, ranging from Southern-Style Fried Okra to Gulf Coast Seafood Gumbo, and twenty-four authentic global dishes, from Moroccan Lamb and Okra Tagine with Preserved Lemons to Cuban Pork with Yellow Rice, Okra, and Annatto Oil.
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Virginia Willis
Edit ProfileEducation
She began her studies in culinary arts at L"Academie de Cuisine in Maryland and graduated in 1994. She later continued her education abroad at Ecole de Cuisine LaVarenne in Burgundy, France and graduated with a Grande Diplome in 1995.
Career
She is the author of 5 cookbooks and blogger on FoodNetwork.com. In 2012, she was named by the Chicago Tribune as one of “Seven Food Writers You Need to Know.”
Her family relocated back to Georgia when she was in middle school. After beginning college at age 16, Willis earned a Bachelor of Arts from University of Georgia in 1988.
Willis’ first job in a professional kitchen was as an apprentice to Southern food authority Nathalie Dupree.
Since working as Test Kitchen Director on Dupree’s Public Broadcasting Service cooking series, she has worked on over 1000 television episodes. Willis worked as Editorial Assistant to French cooking authority Anne Willan, during which time she was an Editor for the All New Joy of Cooking (1996-1997).
Beginning in 1997, Willis worked as Kitchen Director for celebrity television hosts Martha Stewart and Bobby Flay. In 2000, she began her production career, producing and directing such shows as Epicurious (The Discovery Channel) and Home Plate (Turner Studios).
Willis has been featured in United States of America Today, Country Living, House Beautiful, Food52, The Washington Post, and Cable News Network.com.
Her writing has been published in Southern Living, Family Fun, Fine Cooking, All Recipes, and Taste of the South. with Bobby Flay. Willis placed second on an episode of Food Network"s Chopped (“Bird in the Pan”) that aired on November 27, 2012. Willis is on the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Blue Ribbon Task Force and the Atlanta Community Food Bank Advisory Board.
She is a past president of the Atlanta chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier.
Willis currently splits her time between Atlanta, Georgia and Hatfield, Massachusetts. She travels around the United States and Mexico teaching cooking classes and speaking about food.
Works
book
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Okra: a Savor the South® cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks)
(Passionate okra lovers crave this bright green, heat-lovi...)
- Okra: A Savor the South Cookbook BY Willis, Virginia ( Author ) { Hardcover } 2014
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Okra: A Savor the South? Cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks) (Hardback) - Common
(Okra: A Savor the South? Cookbook (Savor the South Cookbo...)
- Okra: a Savor the South?? cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks) by Virginia Willis (2014-03-10)
- Okra: a Savor the South® cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks) by Willis, Virginia (March 10, 2014) Hardcover
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Okra: a Savor the South® cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks)
