Damon Lee Fowler is a nationally recognized authority on Southern cooking and its history. He is the author of six critically acclaimed cookbooks: Classical Southern Cooking; Beans, Greens, and Sweet Georgia Peaches; Fried Chicken; Damon Lee Fowler's New Southern Kitchen; Damon Lee Fowler's New Southern Baking; and most recently, The Savannah Cookbook. His books have been nominated for two Julia Child cookbook awards as well as a James Beard Foundation award. Fowler is the feature food writer for the Savannah Morning News as well as the founding board member and past president of the Southern Foodways Alliance. He lives in Savannah.