Edna Lewis (1916-2006) wrote some of America's most resonant,
lyrical, and significant cookbooks, including the now classic The
Taste of Country Cooking. Lewis cooked and wrote as a means to
explore her memories of childhood on a farm in Freetown, Virginia,
a community first founded by black families freed from slavery.
With such observations as "we would gather wild honey from the
hollow of oak trees to go with the hot biscuits and pick wild
strawberries to go with the heavy cream," she commemorated the
seasonal richness of southern food. After living many years in New
York City, where she became a chef and a political activist, she
returned to the South and continued to write. Her reputation as a
trailblazer in the revival of regional cooking and as a progenitor
of the farm-to-table movement continues to grow. In this first-ever
critical appreciation of Lewis's work, food-world stars gather to
reveal theirĀ own encounters with Edna Lewis. Together they
penetrate the mythology around Lewis and illuminate her legacy for
a new generation. The essayists are Annemarie Ahearn, Mashama
Bailey, Scott Alves Barton, Patricia E. Clark, Nathalie Dupree,
John T. Edge, Megan Elias, John T. Hill (who provides iconic
photographs of Lewis), Vivian Howard, Lily Kelting, Francis Lam,
Jane Lear, Deborah Madison, Kim Severson, Ruth Lewis Smith, Toni
Tipton-Martin, Michael W. Twitty, Alice Waters, Kevin West, Susan
Rebecca White, Caroline Randall Williams, and Joe Yonan. Editor
Sara B. Franklin provides an illuminating introduction to Lewis,
and the volume closes graciously with afterwords by Lewis's sister,
Ruth Lewis Smith, and niece, Nina Williams-Mbengue.
General
| Imprint: |
The University of North Carolina Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2021 |
| Editors: |
Sara B Franklin
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4696-6399-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
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| LSN: |
1-4696-6399-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781469663999 |
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