Cheryl Day: Author, Teacher, & Baker, Back in the Day Bakery (Savannah, GA)

On an unassuming street in the Starland district of Savannah, Ga., is Back in the Day Bakery, a bakery that's not only one of the best in the country, but one that is very close to my heart owned by Cheryl and Griffith Day. I interviewed the couple on The Southern Fork in 2016, but this episode I'm back to chat with Cheryl about her first solo project, Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking. She is a New York Times bestselling cookbook author, a James Beard award semifinalist for Outstanding Baker, a self-taught scratch baker, and the co-founder of Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice. She and Griff have authored multiple books together, but her new solo book includes more than 250 recipes, a grand documentation and celebration of Southern tradition, and a book Bon Appetit refers to as "the definitive book on Southern baking." Welcome to Cheryl's kitchen, where the scent of cooking jam sugars the air, and there's much more to a conversation than how to make a fluffy meringue.