Atlanta eaters and readers had plenty to devour this year, thanks to countless authors who appeared at venues across the city—sharing food and restaurant memories, historical research, kitchen wisdom, drinking lore, and recipes. Here are a few standouts:

Cutting Up in the Kitchen: Food & Fun from Southern National’s Chef (Gibbs Smith, 2025) by Duane Nutter, photographs by Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn

Chef Duane Nutter is well-known for his inviting Southern National restaurant in Summerhill and for his time getting One Flew South off the ground at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. But did you know his past credits also include stand-up comic? This biographical tidbit is one of many we learn in Nutter’s first cookbook, which shows off his international influences—fur

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