Important Links:

Listen to Moreton Neal read her story, “The Beauty Queen of Chapel Hill,” from the anthology, 27 Views of Chapel Hill: A Southern Town in Prose & Poetry:

To purchase 27 Views of Chapel Hill, click below:

Music for this episode is entitled “Serenade for Sleepy Lovers,” by the group, Cast of Characters; available on Soundstripe: Serenade for Sleepy Lovers

And….”O Christmas Tree,” performed by the Evergreen Trio; available on Epidemic Sound:
O Christmas Tree

Episode 10: Show Notes

The Luminous World of Georgia Carroll Kyser

Moreton Neal on her friendship with the 1930s cover girl

Georgia Carroll was a super model in the 1930s, a Hollywood star in the 1940s, a Chapel Hill resident in the 1950s, and a beloved citizen of the Southern town until she died in 2011. How did this glamorous young woman end up in Tarheel country? Cookbook author and designer Moreton Neal remembers the late Georgia Carroll Kyser, her generosity, her leadership, her precisely decorated Christmas tree.

Bio—

Born and raised in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Moreton Neal learned to cook at her grandmother’s knee and learned to eat well in New Orleans. With Bill Neal, whom she met and married while at Duke University, she opened Restaurant La Residence, the first fine dining restaurant of its kind in North Carolina. After leaving the restaurant business, Moreton wrote a cookbook/memoir, entitled Remembering Bill Neal: Favorite Recipes from a Life in Cooking, as well as numerous articles for magazines and other publications. For many years Moreton was the food editor of Raleigh MetroMagazine and hosted a life-style radio talk show, called “Better Living.” She continues to write a recipe column, entitled “Joyous Cooking” for Chapel Hill Magazine and to design interior spaces for her clients.