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The Edna Lewis Cookbook
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.
Anothercelebrated American chef, James Beard, “Edna Lewis makes me want togo right into the kitchen and start cooking.” Lewis won many industry awardsand was often referred to as “the GrandeDame of Southern Cooking” and the “South's answer to Julia Child.”
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.
The Edna Lewis Cookbook , Lewis's first book, published in 1972, contains over 100 recipes, arranged in menu form andorganized according to the season of the Spring, Summer, Autumn, andChristmas. With its focus mostly although not exclusively on Southern food, itbegan the revival of true Southern cooking.
Lewis went on to publish three more The Taste of Country Cooking (1976), In Pursuit of Flavor (1988), and The Gift of Southern Cooking ,co-authored with Scott Peacock (2003).
Her menus and recipes were featured in a variety ofpublications, including the New YorkTimes , the New York Times Magazine ,the Washington Post , Gourmet , Food & Wine , Cook's , House & Garden , and Redbook , among others.
This edition of The Edna Lewis Cookbook marks the 100 th Anniversary of MissLewis's birth.
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Anothercelebrated American chef, James Beard, “Edna Lewis makes me want togo right into the kitchen and start cooking.” Lewis won many industry awardsand was often referred to as “the GrandeDame of Southern Cooking” and the “South's answer to Julia Child.”
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.
The Edna Lewis Cookbook , Lewis's first book, published in 1972, contains over 100 recipes, arranged in menu form andorganized according to the season of the Spring, Summer, Autumn, andChristmas. With its focus mostly although not exclusively on Southern food, itbegan the revival of true Southern cooking.
Lewis went on to publish three more The Taste of Country Cooking (1976), In Pursuit of Flavor (1988), and The Gift of Southern Cooking ,co-authored with Scott Peacock (2003).
Her menus and recipes were featured in a variety ofpublications, including the New YorkTimes , the New York Times Magazine ,the Washington Post , Gourmet , Food & Wine , Cook's , House & Garden , and Redbook , among others.
This edition of The Edna Lewis Cookbook marks the 100 th Anniversary of MissLewis's birth.
Evangeline Petersonstudied with Edna Lewis and assisted her in compiling The Edna LewisCookbook. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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March 2, 2023
This is the most perfect cookbook I've ever read. Some part of me kind of wants to try to make every recipe in here. I want to be Edna Lewis when I grow up. Simple, beautiful recipes
March 26, 2023
Liked it so much I am buying the book!
January 29, 2025
In particular the Roast Beef recipe. No none sense cooking advice. Not for the beginners per se…
December 29, 2018
The beginning pages are the story of her upbringing. Very illuminating.
April 27, 2017
It was quite enjoyable getting to know this spectacular woman and her style of cooking.
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