Black America Cooks

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Edna Lewis, Cooking Teacher, Caterer, Cookbook Author

"I have the memory of good flavor to go by…"

4/13/16-2/13/06

Birthplace: Freetown, Va.
Cooking Style: Traditional cherished Southern recipes as learned from best cooks in her African American family… stirred with urban influences.

Memorable Quote: "One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about good cooking and good food.

Special Honors: Lifetime Achievement Award, IACP; James Beard Living Legend; Grande Dames, Les Dames d'Escoffier; Lifetime Achievement, SFA.

Why we cherish Edna Lewis: The face in the photograph above speaks volumes about this beautiful, elegant woman who reminded us constantly about our heritage recipes prepared with fresh ingredients from the garden and the orchard.

The Edna Lewis Cookbook (no photo)

by Edna Lewis, 1972

The Taste of Country Cooking (30th Anniversary Edition)

By Edna Lewis, 1976

In Pursuit of Flavor

by Edna Lewis, 1988

The Gift of Southern Cooking

by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock, 2003

Favorite Recipes:

Roast Turkey

"Edna Lewis "In Pursuit of Flavor"

Sweet Potato Pie

"Adapted from an Edna Lewis Recipe"

Weiss and Jews;

Skillet Diary

Week ending 11/21, 2010

Grace and Elegance

Thinking about my decision to write about food and forgotten recipes for a living, stirs a deep feeling of gratitude for two beautiful women: my maternal grandmother, Juanita Davis Williams, who spent hours in the kitchen patiently sharing her recipes and Edna Lewis who did the same by way of her early cookbooks.

Donna

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