Edna Lewis Quotes

“Ham held the same rating as the basic black dress. If you had a ham in the meat house, any situation could be faced.”
― Edna Lewis, The Taste of Country Cooking

“One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food.”
― Edna Lewis

“My mother died when I was 18. Up until then, I never saw a tin can in my house. (Washington Post interview, 1990)”
― Edna Lewis

“Women didn't 'learn' how to cook - you were born knowing how.”
― Edna Lewis

“Southern is a hot summer day that brings on a violent thunderstorm, cooling the air and bringing up smells of the earth that tempt us to eat the soil.”
― Edna Lewis