CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A culinary figure, dubbed the “Queen of Southern Cooking” by Southern Living, has died at age 85. Nathalie Dupree authored more than a dozen southern-style cookbooks including her best-seller “New Southern Cooking,” in 1986, and hosted myriad television programs on PBS, The Food Network, and The Learning Channel throughout her extensive career. "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking" by Nathalie Dupree & Cynthia Graubart is among the top cookbooks of the year. (Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) FD/P3 BOOK Washington Post Studio DATE: 6/29/06 PHOTO: Julia Ewan/TWP "Nathalie Dupree's Shrimp & Grits Cookbook" by Nathalie Dupree with Marion Sullivan. (Photo by Julia Ewan/The The Washington Post via Getty Images) Dupree died Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to an online obituary. She was born December 23, 1939, in Hamilton, New Jersey, and eventually made her way to Charleston with her husband Jack Bass in the 1990s. The pair later left South Carolina for Raleigh, North Carolina in 2020. Among her life accomplishments, Dupree was the founding chairperson of the Charleston Wine and Food Festival, and also served as founder of Southern Foodways, and the Charleston chapter of the Les Dames d'Escoffier, which is an American society of professional women involved in the food, fine beverage, and hospitality industries. Dupree ran as a write-in candidate against incumbent South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint in 2010 and wrote content for local publications Charleston Magazine and the Post and Courier newspaper. A memorial service will be held for Raleigh residents at The Cardinal at North Hills on Saturday, January 18 at 2 p.m.