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Good and Good for You™ essays and stories from French trained chef and Southern food writer Virginia Willis.

Good and Good for You™ essays and stories from French-trained chef and Southern food writer Virginia Willis.

Fried Chicken: A Love Story

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I'm Virginia Willis, a French-trained Southern chef and James Beard award-winning cookbook author.

As a post-menopausal woman, I lost 65 pounds and have kept it off for 4 years. Good and Good For You Living is my real-life approach to health and wellness initiated by lifelong struggles with weight and body image. I quit dieting and changed my life.

Each Good and Good for You newsletter shares encouragement and support to help you thrive with real-life information, motivation, and tactics that work.

If I can do it, you can, too!

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Fried Chicken: A Love Story

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