Martha Hall Foose

Martha Hall Foose is an American chef and author from Mississippi.[1]

Early life and education

As a child, Foose attended school in Yazoo City, MS. She later attended Jackson Academy and then St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Ridgeland, Mississippi.[1] She went on to attend École Lenôtre in France before returning to her native Mississippi.[2]

Career

Foose opened Bottletree Bakery in Oxford, Mississippi in the 1990s.[3] After opening Bottletree Bakery, she and her husband moved to Minneapolis, where she worked for Pillsbury as a writer and editor of cookbooks.[3]

In the late 2000s she moved back to Mississippi, where she opened Mockingbird Bakery in Greenwood.[1][3] From 2011 until 2021 Foose worked as an executive chef at the Viking Cooking School.[3][4]

Foose was a food stylist for the movie The Help.[1][3]

Personal life

Foose currently lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She previously lived at Pluto Plantation, her family farm near Greenwood and Tchula, Mississippi. The land previously belonged to her grandmother.[3] She is married to Donald Bender, whom she met after opening Bottletree Bakery; the couple have one son.[3]

Books

  • Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook (2008), winner of the 2009 James Beard Book Award[1][4]
  • A Southerly Course: Recipes, Stories from Close to Home (2011), nominee for the James Beard Book Award[4][5]
  • I Cook in Color: Bright Flavors From My Kitchen and Around the World (2020), coauthored with Atlanta-based chef Asha Gomez[6]
  • A Good Meal Is Hard To Find (2020), coauthored with Amy C. Evans[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Martha Hall Foose '86". St. Andrew Episcopal School. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Martha Hall Foose". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Gregory, Vanessa (April 2017). "The Other Martha". Garden & Gun. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. ^ a b c Kraft, Chris (2020-04-10). "The Cookbook We Need Right Now". Garden & Gun. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  5. ^ "MARTHA HALL FOOSE". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  6. ^ Puckett, Susan. "COOKBOOK REVIEW: A flavor spectrum without limits". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  7. ^ Kelly, Leslie (6 April 2020). "A Good Meal Is Hard To Find Is The Delicious Diversion You Need Right Now". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-30.