Grace the Table

Grace the Table: Stories and Recipes from My Southern Revival by Alexander Smalls is a richly layered cookbook-memoir that traces the chef’s journey from South Carolina’s Lowcountry to European opera stages and the New York restaurant world. Blending 100 recipes with stories of family, music, migration, and cultural memory, Smalls presents his signature “Southern Revival” style—honoring Gullah and Southern traditions while elevating them with global technique and refinement. Elegant, soulful, and deeply personal, Grace the Table is both a culinary memoir and a celebration of how food, art, and heritage come together to shape a life.