Writing Samples
Links to articles written by Chef Virginia Willis
Award-winning food writing, real-life recipes, and deep dives on Southern ingredients. From her 65# weight loss success story to how to make her renowned Buttermilk Biscuits, you will find the story here!
AARP The Best Weight Loss Goal is No Weight Loss Goal
AJC – Let the Sunshine in with Citrus Recipes
AJC- Dig up new ways to bring root vegetables into spotlight
Allrecipes: Simple (And Simply Irresistible) Side Dishes (column)
Mastering Fried Chicken with Rebecca Lang for Simply Recipes
Did Slave Labor Catch Your Catfish? USA Today
A Beginner’s Guide to Canning, FoodNetwork.com
9 Things You Need to Know before Canning, Food.com
AJC -Honey Ginger Spice Bread is the perfect twist on French gingerbread
How a Family of Greeks Ended Up with an Iconic Italian Restaurant in the Deep South, Bon Appétit
Try a Little Tenderness, Weight Watchers
Southern Thanksgiving, Weight Watchers
Make these 3 simple, beautiful holiday cookies from Virginia Willis for your holiday cookie swap, Southern Kitchen
Virginia Willis’ Buttermilk Biscuits, Southern Kitchen
Here’s how to throw a soup swap party with help from Virginia Willis, Southern Kitchen
Put ’em up: Virginia Willis tells us how to throw a preserving party, Southern Kitchen
Labor Day, throw a grilled gumbo party with help from Virginia Willis, Southern Kitchen
Who Is Watching Over Our Seafood, World Eats Digest
How Southerners Use All That Summer Squash, Southern Living
Trade Kale for Collards, Southern Living
Mother’s Day – Virginia Willis’ story of love, family and biscuits, Southern Kitchen
Why Blueberries are Southern Gems, Southern Living
Why We Appreciate the Easy, Healthy, Messy Beet, Southern Living
Three Easy Ideas for Okra, Southern Living
Things You Never Knew Your Slow Cooker Could Do, Weight Watchers
Strike Oil, All Recipes
Why This Food Writer Wears Many Hats, Dianne Jacob
Ode to Okra, Southern Foodways
Virginia Willis Spills the Beans (and Peas), Southern Foodways
One Tomato, Two Tomato, Southern Foodways
Ears to you, summer corn!, Eatocracy
Virginia Willis Screams for Homemade Ice Cream, Southern Foodways
How to Make Hoppin’ John, Fine Cooking
40 Years of Atlanta Food, Creative Loafing
For Easter, tart it up, Washington Post
Shrimp & Grits, Taste of Tradition
“40 Years of Atlanta Food”, Creative Loafing
“What a Dame!”, Charleston Magazine
“Lighten Up Summer”, Eating Well
“Virginia Willis’s Easter Dinner”, Country Living
“Taste of Tradition: Blackberries and Buzzard Lopes”, Taste of the South Magazine
“5 Things Cooking Has Taught Me About Life”, Edible Metro & Mountains
“Fresh Food: Spring (April-June)”, Edible Metro & Mountains
“Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew”, pauladeen.com
“Taste of Tradition: Slaw “, Taste of the South Magazine
“Sweet Georgia Peaches “, Eating Well
“Bakewise”, Taste of the South Magazine
“Tastemakers: Atlanta”, Taste of the South Magazine
“Make Super Foods Work for You”, Restaurant Hospitality
“Country Roads & Deep Roots”, Columbia County
“Sweet Traditions {Old Friends}”, Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Some Like it Hot: Mustard Magic”, Flavors
Anne Willian: Chef Profile, Epicurious.com
“Anne Willan: The La Varenne Way”, Flavors
“A Canned Illusion: Food Television”, The Wine Report
Links to articles written by Chef Virginia Willis
Award-winning food writing, real-life recipes, and deep dives on Southern ingredients. From her 65# weight loss success story to how to make her renowned Buttermilk Biscuits, you will find the story here!
AARP – The Best Weight-Loss Goal Is No Goal
AJC – Let the Sunshine in with Citrus Recipes
AJC- Dig up new ways to bring root vegetables into spotlight
Allrecipes: Simple (And Simply Irresistible) Side Dishes (column)
Mastering Fried Chicken with Rebecca Lang for Simply Recipes
Did Slave Labor Catch Your Catfish? USA Today
A Beginner’s Guide to Canning, FoodNetwork.com
9 Things You Need to Know before Canning, Food.com
AJC -Honey Ginger Spice Bread is the perfect twist on French gingerbread
How a Family of Greeks Ended Up with an Iconic Italian Restaurant in the Deep South, Bon Appétit
Try a Little Tenderness, Weight Watchers
Southern Thanksgiving, Weight Watchers
Make these 3 simple, beautiful holiday cookies from Virginia Willis for your holiday cookie swap, Southern Kitchen
Virginia Willis’ Buttermilk Biscuits, Southern Kitchen
Here’s how to throw a soup swap party with help from Virginia Willis, Southern Kitchen
Put ’em up: Virginia Willis tells us how to throw a preserving party, Southern Kitchen
Labor Day, throw a grilled gumbo party with help from Virginia Willis, Southern Kitchen
Who Is Watching Over Our Seafood, World Eats Digest
How Southerners Use All That Summer Squash, Southern Living
Trade Kale for Collards, Southern Living
Mother’s Day – Virginia Willis’ story of love, family and biscuits, Southern Kitchen
Why Blueberries are Southern Gems, Southern Living
Why We Appreciate the Easy, Healthy, Messy Beet, Southern Living
Three Easy Ideas for Okra, Southern Living
Things You Never Knew Your Slow Cooker Could Do, Weight Watchers
Strike Oil, All Recipes
Why This Food Writer Wears Many Hats, Dianne Jacob
Ode to Okra, Southern Foodways
Virginia Willis Spills the Beans (and Peas), Southern Foodways
One Tomato, Two Tomato, Southern Foodways
Ears to you, summer corn!, Eatocracy
Virginia Willis Screams for Homemade Ice Cream, Southern Foodways
How to Make Hoppin’ John, Fine Cooking
40 Years of Atlanta Food, Creative Loafing
For Easter, tart it up, Washington Post
Shrimp & Grits, Taste of Tradition
“40 Years of Atlanta Food”, Creative Loafing
“What a Dame!”, Charleston Magazine
“Lighten Up Summer”, Eating Well
“Virginia Willis’s Easter Dinner”, Country Living
“Taste of Tradition: Blackberries and Buzzard Lopes”, Taste of the South Magazine
“5 Things Cooking Has Taught Me About Life”, Edible Metro & Mountains
“Fresh Food: Spring (April-June)”, Edible Metro & Mountains
“Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew”, pauladeen.com
“Taste of Tradition: Slaw “, Taste of the South Magazine
“Sweet Georgia Peaches “, Eating Well
“Bakewise”, Taste of the South Magazine
“Tastemakers: Atlanta”, Taste of the South Magazine
“Make Super Foods Work for You”, Restaurant Hospitality
“Country Roads & Deep Roots”, Columbia County
“Sweet Traditions {Old Friends}”, Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Some Like it Hot: Mustard Magic”, Flavors
Anne Willian: Chef Profile, Epicurious.com
“Anne Willan: The La Varenne Way”, Flavors
“A Canned Illusion: Food Television”, The Wine Report