Ronni Lundy

Ronni Lundy (born 1949), is an American author and editor, whose work focuses on traditional Southern American foods, Appalachian foods, and music.

Her books include Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes and Honest Fried Chicken: The Heart and Soul of Southern Country Kitchens (Atlantic, 1991), and Butter Beans to Blackberries: Recipes from the Southern Garden (North Point, 1999). Her book Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes (Random House, 2016) won the 2017 James Beard Foundation's Book of the Year Award. She was a founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance and, in 2005, edited Cornbread Nation 3: Foods of the Mountain South, the organization's occasional anthology of the region's best food writing.

She has lived in Albuquerque, Galisteo, Los Cerrillos, Madrid, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; and in the mountains of North Carolina.