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.

Nathalie was a trailblazer who celebrated home cooking and brought the heart of Southern ... women leaders in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries, she was a founding member of the ...

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 ...

Dupree was an icon in Southern cooking, championing female chefs ... dedicated to empowering culinary professions for women, including Atlanta’s. In 2011, she was titled the Grande Dame for ...

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 ...