Shirley O. Corriher (born February 23, 1935)[1] is an American 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.
She has made a number of appearances as a food consultant on Brown's show Good Eats and has released a DVD, Shirley O. Corriher's Kitchen Secrets Revealed.
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.
That same year she divorced her husband and left the school; she took up cooking to support herself and her three children.
[2] As of 2011[update] Corriher lives with her current husband, Arch, in Atlanta.