She has lived in Albuquerque, Galisteo, Los Cerrillos, Madrid, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; and in the mountains of North Carolina.
She focused on Americana, covering the likes of John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, Dwight Yoakam and Bill Monroe.
Lundy's first book, Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken (1991),[7] combined her interests in music and food.
Lundy has written about musicians, travel, small farms, community-supported agriculture, heirloom seeds, culinary traditions, and the "joy of eating".
[citation needed] In 2009 Lundy was the recipient of the Southern Foodways Alliance's Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award.