Virginia Willis is a chef, food writer, culinary TV producer, professional recipe developer, and blogger at www.virginiawillis.com. She gives classic French dishes a down-home Southern feel and reimaginines homey Southern favorites en Française. Building on the success of her book Bon Appétit, Y’all, nominated by the IACP as Best American cookbook of 2008, her next book, Basic to Brilliant, Y’all: 150 Refined Southern Recipes and Ways to Dress them Up for Company, is the lead book for Ten Speed Press for Fall 2011.
