The Edna Lewis Cookbook

The Edna Lewis Cookbook

<span style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span><span>EdnaLewis was recently honored with the issuance of a postal stamp by the US PostOffice. She is renowned as one of the greatest American chefs and as an African-Americanwoman who almost single handedly revived a forgotten world of refined Southerncooking.</span></span></span><br /><span style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span><span>Anothercelebrated American chef, James Beard, remarked: “Edna Lewis makes me want togo right into the kitchen and start cooking.” Lewis won many industry awardsand was often referred to as “the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">GrandeDame</em> of Southern Cooking” and the “South's answer to Julia Child.”</span></span></span><br /><span style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span><span>Lewis(1916-2006) also had a remarkable life story. She was born and grew up in ruralVirginia in an area called Freetown. She learned to cook from an extendedfamily that included grandparents who had been enslaved.</span></span></span><br /><span style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span>The Edna Lewis Cookbook</span></em><span>, Lewis's first book, published in 1972, contains o<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ver 100 recipes, arranged in menu form andorganized according to the season of the year: Spring, Summer, Autumn, andChristmas. With its focus mostly although not exclusively on Southern food, itbegan the revival of true Southern cooking.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span><span>Lewis went on to publish three more books: <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Taste of Country Cooking</em> (1976), <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">In Pursuit of Flavor</em> (1988), and <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Gift of Southern Cooking</em>,co-authored with Scott Peacock (2003).</span></span></span><br /><span style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span><span>Her menus and recipes were featured in a variety ofpublications, including the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">New YorkTimes</em>, the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">New York Times Magazine</em>,the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Washington Post</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Gourmet</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Food & Wine</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Cook's</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">House & Garden</em>, and <em style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Redbook</em>, among others.</span></span></span><br /><span style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span><span>This edition of </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span>The Edna Lewis Cookbook</span></em></span><span><span> marks the 100^th Anniversary of MissLewis's birth.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></span></span><br /><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; ">Evangeline Petersonstudied with Edna Lewis and assisted her in compiling <em>The Edna LewisCookbook.</em></span> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE