Awards and Honors
- 1986 — Named Who’s Who in American Cooking by Cook’s Magazine
- 1990 — Lifetime Achievement Award, International Association of Culinary Professionals
- 1995 — James Beard Living Legend Award (their first such award.)
- 1999 — Named Grande Dame by Les Dames d’Escoffier, an international organization of female culinary professionals.
- 1999 — Lifetime Achievement Award from Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) (their first such award.)
- 2002 — Barbara Tropp President's Award, Women Chefs & Restaurateurs
- 2003 — Inducted into the KitchenAid Cookbook Hall of Fame (James Beard)
- 2004 — The Gift of Southern Cooking nominated for James Beard Award and IACP Award
- 2009 — African American Trailblazers in Virginia honoree at the Library of Virginia (in Richmond)
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