Shirley Corriher

Shirley O. Corriher (born 1935^[1]) is a 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 (who 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 Alton 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. In 1970 she divorced her husband and left the school; she took up cooking to support herself and her three children.^[2]

As of 2011 Corriher lived with her current husband, Arch, in Atlanta.^[3]

Books

• Corriher, Shirley O. (1997). CookWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking. ISBN 0-688-10229-8.
• Corriher, Shirley O. (2007). BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking. ISBN 1-4165-6078-5.

See also

• Harold McGee
• Alton Brown

References

1. "Shirley Corriher". Retrieved 2010-10-02.
2. "An Interview with Shirley Corriher". Retrieved 2006-06-15.
3. "Shirley O. Corriher Biography at Simon & Schuster". Retrieved 2010-10-02.

External links

• Newsletter of the Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Division of the Special Libraries Association Vol 32 No 1, August 2000, PDF which contains Corriher's Compendium of Ingredient and Cooking Problems - An expanded collection of typical problems in different food areas