When Kim Lisinicchia was 11 years old, her grandmother in Savannah, Ga., taught her how to make fried chicken, collard greens and sweet potato pie Her grandma didn’t use a cookbook, and her precious recipes were never written down. “You can’t really cook soul food from a recipe, it’s from your heart,” says Lisinicchia, a mother of two who lives in Saratoga Springs. “It’s all about watching.”