Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor (1937–2016)

Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor was born in Fairfax, South Carolina on April 4, 1937. Starting in 1980, she became a commentator on NPR. She reported on food, culture, travel, and social issues. She was best known for commending the virtues of the Gullah food and culture of her native South Carolina. She show more appeared frequently on the NPR series All Things Considered and hosted Seasonings, a series of NPR cooking specials. She briefly hosted Americas' Family Kitchen with Vertamae Grosvenor on public television in the 1990s. She wrote several books during her lifetime including Vibration Cooking or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl. She acted in the movies Daughters of the Dust and Beloved. She died on September 3, 2016 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less