{"product_id":"the-edna-lewis-cookbook-edna-lewis","title":"The Edna Lewis Cookbook (Edna Lewis)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 12pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdna Lewis was recently honored with the issuance of a postal stamp by the US Post Office. She is renowned as one of the greatest American chefs and as an African-American woman who almost single handedly revived a forgotten world of refined Southern cooking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 12pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother celebrated American chef, James Beard, remarked: “Edna Lewis makes me want to go right into the kitchen and start cooking.” Lewis won many industry awards and was often referred to as “the \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGrande Dame\u003c\/em\u003e of Southern Cooking” and the “South's answer to Julia Child.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 12pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLewis(1916-2006) also had a remarkable life story. She was born and grew up in rural Virginia in an area called Freetown. She learned to cook from an extended family that included grandparents who had been enslaved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 12pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Edna Lewis Cookbook\u003c\/em\u003e, Lewis's first book, published in 1972, contains over 100 recipes, arranged in menu form and organized according to the season of the year: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Christmas. With its focus mostly although not exclusively on Southern food, it began the revival of true Southern cooking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 12pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLewis went on to publish three more books: \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Taste of Country Cooking\u003c\/em\u003e (1976), \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIn Pursuit of Flavor\u003c\/em\u003e (1988), and \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Gift of Southern Cooking\u003c\/em\u003e, co-authored with Scott Peacock (2003).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 12pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer menus and recipes were featured in a variety of publications, including the \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e,the \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGourmet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFood \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCook's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHouse \u0026amp; Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eRedbook\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 12pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition of \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Edna Lewis Cookbook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marks the 100\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Anniversary of Miss Lewis's birth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003eEvangeline Peterson studied with Edna Lewis and assisted her in compiling \u003cem style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Edna Lewis Cookbook.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; 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