Sue James Hendricks is a native of Martinsville, Virginia, and a lifelong cook. She is a former writer and editor for the Winston-Salem Journal, where she developed the monthly periodical, K-12. She is the author of 100 Years of Images: Capturing the Moment. Christopher E. Hendricks is Professor of History at Georgia Southern University in Savannah, where he has taught since 1993. He is a contributor to The Encyclopedia of Appalachia and his publications have appeared in the Journal of the Georgia Association of Historians, the Journal of Southwest Georgia History, and the North Carolina Historical Review. He is the author of numerous publications, including The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia. About Mary Randolph (1762-1828): Mary Randolph was an American author, known for writing The Virginia House-Wife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824), [1] one of the most influential housekeeping and cook books of the 19th century. She was the first person known to be buried at what would become known as Arlington National Cemetery.