American biochemist
Shirley O. Corriher (born February 23, 1935) is an American biochemist and author of "CookWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking", winner of a James Beard Foundation award, and "BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking." "CookWise" shows how scientific insights can be applied to traditional cooking, while "BakeWise" applies the same idea to baking. Some compare Corriher's approach to that of Harold McGee (whom Corriher thanks as her "intellectual hero" in the "My Gratitude and Thanks" section of "Cookwise") and Alton Brown. She has made a number of appearances as a food consultant on Brown's show "Good Eats" and has released a DVD, "Shirley O. Corriher's Kitchen Secrets Revealed".
Personal life.
After graduating from Vanderbilt University in 1959, she and her husband opened a boys' school in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was responsible for cooking three meals a day for 30 boys. By 1970 the school had grown to 140 students. That same year she divorced her husband and left the school; she took up cooking to support herself and her three children.
As of 2011[ [update]] Corriher lives with her current husband, Arch, in Atlanta.
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