Woods produced two cookbooks: Sylvia’s Soul Food Cookbook, published in 1992; and Sylvia’s Family Soul Food Cookbook, published in 1999, both by William Morrow and Company. The restaurant remains owned and operated by the Woods family. In August 2011, they celebrated 50 years in Harlem.
Woods wrote two cookbooks: "Sylvia’s Soul Food Cookbook," published in 1992; and "Sylvia’s Family Soul Food Cookbook," released in 1999. Both were published by William Morrow and Company. The restaurant is still managed by the Woods family, who have been in Harlem for fifty years since August 2011.