She ran a cooking school in Atlanta for 10 years ... “I know this because I’m a Southern woman and for us the only place to wield power was in the home — more specifically in the kitchen ...

In 1920 she began writing a column for the Atlanta Journal, covering everything from making fancy sherbets to dressing opossums. Her 1928 book, Southern Cooking, came to define the region’s flavor.

But over the course of 10 years as director of the Rich’s Cooking School in Atlanta ... deal to me is teaching so many women to cook, and most of them were Southern women.

During a career that spanned more 50 years, she was dedicated to lifting up women in culinary fields, affectionately referring to her mentees “chickens.” ...

By Kim Severson Nathalie Dupree, a Southern cookbook author ... It drew fans from Atlanta, about 45 minutes away. In 1975, she established a cooking school at Rich’s, Atlanta’s premier ...

That ethos steered the Southern cooking icon's teachings ... She then continued on as chef, director and teacher for Rich's Cooking School in Atlanta from 1975 to the mid-1980s, where she led ...