Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I met Regina Charboneau, a chef and cookbook writer, at the Hot Tamale literary-culinary festival in Mississippi. She had moved back to her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, after selling everything in San Francisco. #2 I visited the site of the second-largest slave market in the Deep South, known as the Forks of the Road. The markers were informative and disturbing, with illustrations of slaves, slave traders, and newspaper advertisements for the human commodity. #3 The town of Natchez, Mississippi, is home to the greatest concentration of antebellum homes in the American South. #4 I visited Natchez, Mississippi, and met with Regina, the owner of King's Tavern. She warned me about the town's insularity and its culture of eccentricity.