by Richard Leong

American chefs Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman draw inspiration for their Southern cooking from their Italian heritage and their grandmothers' Sunday dinners, which they remember fondly in their first book "Collard & Carbonara."

The childhood friends run two popular restaurants in Memphis, Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen and Hog & Hominy.

In the book, which they co-wrote with Nicholas Talarico, the duo recount their aspiration to become chefs while growing up in Memphis. They attended culinary school together and apprenticed under the same chef.

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