Joe Dabney (January 29, 1929 – December 26, 2015)[1] was an American author.
He received the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Foodways Alliance and his Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine won the James Beard Cookbook of the Year award in 1999.
He also authored Mountain Spirits about American moonshine.
He used oral histories and historical research.
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