Articles By Kathleen Purvis

Kathleen Purvis covers food, Southern culture and drinking (the most important Southern culture of all) for The Charlotte Observer. A longtime member of the Southern Foodways Alliance and a committee member for the James Beard Foundation, she’s written three books, including Bourbon: A Savor the South Cookbook. For her most recent book, Distilling the South, a travel guide to touring Southern craft distilleries, she spent a year visiting more than 50 start-up distilleries in 11 states.