When Stephanie Tyson visited her grandmother on Saturdays, there was always something cooking. Regardless of highs or lows, youth or age, there was always fried chicken sizzling in the cast iron skillets of Ora Porter’s kitchen. When her grandmother was no longer around to serve that chicken, lightly seasoned with only salt and pepper, Tyson stood in her place and made it instead. Good food not only has the power to nourish the body and mind — it nourishes family.
Inspired by the memory of her grandmother’s life of cooking, Tyson released her newest cookbook, Soul Food Odyssey, this past July.