The Great American Cookbook Competition: Get to Know Fanny
Fanny Slater
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Proposed Book Title: Tastes like Childhood
Book Concept: My life is a recipe composed of cherished culinary encounters. I will share sophisticated, yet approachable recipes that are enriched adaptations of the beloved foods that fill the memories from my childhood. Each dish aspires to be an inventive transformation of the unforgettable original. This cookbook is meant to encourage others to draw upon their unique food anecdotes and most importantly, to explore their own imaginations in the kitchen.
My life continued to intersect with cooking, but I was always craving more. One day, I said goodbye to a life of fruitless jobs and announced that I wouldn't spend another minute in an unfulfilling occupation. So, I got my Fanny in the kitchen and became CEO (Chief Eating Officer) of Fanfare Catering, and I'm a food writer in my eclectic riverfront town—Wilmington, North Carolina.