As a cookbook author, TV personality and mentor, she sought to burst the chicken-fried stereotype of the South. Sometimes her life was as messy as her kitchen. By Kim Severson Nathalie Dupree, a ...

Here's what they had to say: "Nathalie was a champion not only of Southern cooking and Charleston, but of me personally, as well. From the early days of FIG, before we could afford PR or had ...

That ethos steered the Southern cooking icon's teachings to her students and work in the community. It helped her become a successful chef, author and television personality, fostering a community ...