KC Hysmith is a writer and food schol­ar whose work has been fea­tured in South­ern Cul­tures, Eater, the Boston Globe, and Gas­tro­nom­i­ca. Hysmith is asso­ciate edi­tor, along with fel­low food schol­ar Mar­cie Cohen Fer­ris, of Edi­ble North Car­oli­na: A Jour­ney across a State of Fla­vor and served as the his­tor­i­cal edi­tor for When South­ern Women Cook: His­to­ry, Lore, and 300 Recipes with Con­tri­bu­tions from 70 Women Writ­ers, a cook­book from Amer­i­ca’s Test Kitchen.