The Cookbook

Chef Lorious

Put your heart into every dish.

My cookbook, Calibama Cooking: Classic & Contemporary Comfort Food, is the heart of everything I do, gathered into one place. It’s where California freshness meets Alabama comfort — the food I grew up with, the food I cook for my family today, and every dish in between.

Inside, you’ll find the recipes that tell my story: classic Southern comfort made the way the church mothers taught me, brightened up with a little California ease. The kind of food that turns an ordinary Tuesday into an occasion and makes any table feel like home.

Seeing the book out in the world — stacked on tables in real bookstores, finding its way into real kitchens — still gets me every time. It’s proof that food made with heart travels further than you ever imagine.

If you’ve got the book, cook along with me. And if you’re just getting to know Calibama cooking, the recipe library here is the perfect place to start.