Author

Mandy Rivers

Mandy Rivers is the owner and creator of the South Your Mouth recipe website and author of the South Your Mouth cookbook series. Mandy is an accomplished recipe writer who has established herself as an expert on Southern cooking and family meals and enjoys a loyal following of fans.

Accomplishments:

• Deemed one of ‘America's Best Cooks’ by Food Network.
• Award-winning recipe creator with over 1,000 published recipes.
• Best-selling cookbook author with two published titles.
• Represented the South with Iron Chef, Cat Cora on Food Network’s America's Best Cook.
• Over 1 million people visit her website each month.  

Personality:

• Known for her down-to-earth style, quick wit and welcoming personality.
• Brings her rural, Southern upbringing to the table in her writing and cooking style.
• Known for saying "Country is country. Country cooking don’t know color or class - we all eat the same!" in an interview on Food Network.
• Readers note Mandy's writing style has the uncanny ability to make them feel like they are old friends who are having a conversation.

Experience:

• Started South Your Mouth recipe site in 2011 and manages all aspects herself (recipe creation, photography, writing, social media, website management, etc.).
• Published South Your Mouth - Tried & True Southern Recipes in 2014.
• Published South Your Mouth Some More! in 2016.
• Multiple appearances on Food Network and QVC.
• Writes “In the Kitchen With Mandy”, a weekly newsletter that’s specific to the unique connection she has with her readers and very well received (over 60% average open-rate).

Fun Facts:

• Born and raised in Lexington County, South Carolina and lives there still today.
• Immensely enjoys her family and very close with her three (now adult) children.
• Self-taught cook who learned from the many Southern women who helped shape her life.
• Respectfully (and only a little painfully) declined several big opportunities with Food Network, choosing instead to prioritize her family and raising her children.
• Avid reader and self-proclaimed nerd.