Erin Perkins is Eater’s Editor, South, covering Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, and the Carolinas. She has been writing about the food scene in the Carolinas and Savannah for 12 years. Erin has resided in Charleston, South Carolina, for the past 20 years.
Yesterday, the James Beard Foundation announced its 2025 Media Awards nominees in advance of the James Beard Awards ceremonies on Saturday, June 14, in Chicago. Asheville chef Ashleigh Shanti is nominated in the U.S. Foodways category for her book, Our South: Black Food Through My Lens.
Shanti’s cookbook is a profoundly personal exploration of the different communities that shaped her as a chef…