(AJC) — When former Georgia Tech football standout Kent Hill moved to Los Angeles to begin his nine-year NFL career in 1979, he found none of the the Southern food he’d grown up with in Americus. Deprivation created motivation and, using his mother’s recipes, the rangy offensive lineman learned his way around the kitchen, making “functional” if not gourmet cuisine. He finished off meals with homemade cookies, a treat he came to share during holidays with friends who would rave. They urged him to someday turn them into a business.
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