Martha Stamps is a honors graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. The author of four cookbooks, she has created recipes that have appeared in numerous magazines, including Southern Living and Victoria, and she has appeared as a guest on the Martha Stewart Living television show and others. She owns and operates Martha's at the Plantation, a restaurant on the grounds of historic Belle Meade Plantation that specializes in seasonally inspired regional foods. Stamps lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Her latest book is The New New Southern Basics.