Ronni Lundy

{{Short description|American writer}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox writer | name = Ronni Lundy | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}} | birth_place = Corbin, Kentucky, U.S. | occupation = Author, editor | nationality = | genre = Southern American cooking, Southern American music | subject =  | notable_works = ''Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes'' (2016) | awards = James Beard Foundation Book of the Year Award (2017) }} '''Ronni Lundy''' (born 1949), is an American author and editor, whose work focuses on traditional Southern American foods, Appalachian foods, and music.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=LaPinta |first=Linda Elisabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-QzEAAAQBAJ |title=Savory Memories |date=2021-12-14 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-8945-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Donahue |first=Joe |date=2016-09-28 |title=Victuals: An Appalachian Journey With Recipes By Ronni Lundy |url=https://www.wamc.org/the-roundtable/2016-09-28/victuals-an-appalachian-journey-with-recipes-by-ronni-lundy |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=WAMC Northeast Public Radio |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Downs |first=Jere |title='Victuals' tells stories of Appalachian food |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/food/farm-to-table/2016/09/13/victuals-tells-stories-appalachian-food/88903496/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=The Courier Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>

Her books include ''Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes and Honest Fried Chicken: The Heart and Soul of Southern Country Kitchens'' (Atlantic, 1991), and ''Butter Beans to Blackberries: Recipes from the Southern Garden'' (North Point, 1999).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Dwight |date=2017 |title=Victuals vs. Dorie's Cookies, The Piglet |url=https://food52.com/the-piglet/judgments/129-victuals-vs-dorie-s-cookies |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Food52 |language=en-us}}</ref> Her book ''Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes'' (Random House, 2016) won the 2017 James Beard Foundation's Book of the Year Award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canavan |first=Hillary Dixler |date=2017-04-25 |title=Here Is the Full List of 2017 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners |url=https://www.eater.com/2017/4/25/15421488/james-beard-foundation-awards-2017-media-winners |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Eater |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-09-06 |title=Appalachian Food: Past, Future, and Squirrel |url=https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/victuals-ronni-lundy-appalachian-cookbook-article |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Epicurious |language=en-US}}</ref> She was a founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance and, in 2005, edited ''Cornbread Nation 3: Foods of the Mountain South'', the organization's occasional anthology of the region's best food writing.

She has lived in Albuquerque, Galisteo, Los Cerrillos, Madrid, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; and in the mountains of North Carolina.

==Biography== Lundy was born in Corbin, Kentucky in 1949,<ref name=":0" /> and grew up in the Louisville area. Her hometown of Corbin is where the Indiana native Harland Sanders developed his recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken. In ''Shuck Beans'' (1991) Lundy wrote: "I was born in Kentucky and Colonel Harland D. Sanders was not, so you can believe me when I say that I, not the Colonel, know the secret to making honest fried chicken."

Lundy was a pop music editor at the Louisville Times and the Louisville Courier-Journal in the 1980s and early 1990s. She focused on Americana, covering the likes of John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, Dwight Yoakam and Bill Monroe. She also wrote about food and became a restaurant reviewer as the Louisville restaurant scene blossomed during the early 1990s.

Lundy's first book, ''Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken'' (1991),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willigen |first=John van |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lr8AwAAQBAJ |title=Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage: Two Hundred Years of Southern Cuisine and Culture |date=2014-09-12 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-4691-1 |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref> combined her interests in music and food. It includes interviews about favorite foods with coverage of country and bluegrass performers. Lundy has written about musicians, travel, small farms, community-supported agriculture, heirloom seeds, culinary traditions, and the "joy of eating". Her work has appeared in ''Esquire'', ''Gourmet'', ''Bon Appetit'', ''Cooking Light'', ''Eating Well'', ''Sunset'', and ''Copia''. Her stories have twice been finalists for the James Beard Award, and ''Butter Beans'' was a finalist for the International Association of Culinary Professionals cookbook awards.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}

In 2009 Lundy was the recipient of the Southern Foodways Alliance's Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award. During the award ceremony, John Egerton said she and Elizabeth Sims helped build a culinary renaissance in Asheville, North Carolina,<ref>John Egerton [http://southernfoodways.org/hall_of_fame/lifetime/lifetime_awards_lundy.html Lundy] Southern Foodways Alliance</ref> but Lundy has noted that this is not accurate, her involvement in Asheville's dining scene has been insignificant.

She was also the editor of a short-lived online food magazine, The Zenchilada.

== Publications ==

* {{Cite book |last=Lundy |first=Ronni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mf15bcNCKX0C |title=Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken: The Heart and Soul of Southern Country Kitchens |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press |year=1994 |isbn=9780871136008}}<ref>{{Citation |title=Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken |date=1999-11-02 |url=https://www.ket.org/program/bookclubatket-14535/shuck-beans-stack-cakes-and-honest-fried-chicken |work=bookclub at KET PBS |access-date=2023-03-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Lundy |first=Ronni |title=The Festive Table: Recipes and Stories for Creating Your Own Holiday Traditions |publisher=North Point Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780374249021}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2, 1995 |title=The Festive Table: Recipes and Stories for Creating Your Own Holiday Traditions by Ronni Lundy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780865474925 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Lundy |first=Ronni |title=Butter Beans to Blackberries: Recipes from the Southern Garden |publisher=North Point |year=1999}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 3, 1999 |title=Butter Beans to Blackberries: Recipes from the Southern Garden by Ronni Lundy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780865475472 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> * {{Cite book |title=Cornbread Nation 3: Foods of the Mountain South |editor-last=Lundy |editor-first=Ronni}} * {{Cite book |last=Lundy |first=Ronni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5e7uDAAAQBAJ |title=Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes |publisher=Clarkson Potter |year=2016 |isbn=9780804186742 |editor-last=Lam |editor-first=Francis |editor-link=Francis Lam}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2016 |title=Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes by Ronni Lundy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780804186742 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ammons |first=Jonathan |date=2016-10-27 |title=The Actual Victuals |url=https://wncmagazine.com/feature/actual_victuals |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=WNC Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Black |first=Jane |date=2016-08-30 |title='Victuals,' reviewed: A love letter to Appalachia, with recipes |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/victuals-reviewed-a-love-letter-to-appalachia-with-recipes/2016/08/29/518986f4-687c-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-09-06 |title=Appalachian Food: Past, Future, and Squirrel |url=https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/victuals-ronni-lundy-appalachian-cookbook-article |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Epicurious |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://www.ronnilundy.com/ Official website]

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