The Times
April 13, 1916 - February 13, 2006
Chef whose books helped to draw attention to Southern cuisine
EDNA LEWIS was the leading light of Southern American cooking. Her books recalled a childhood when “all food tasted delicious”; her intention always to “recapture those good flavours from the past”.
As a poor black child growing up in Virginia, each meal started with the act of harvesting vegetables, catching fish or plucking game. This experience informed Lewis’s love and respect for good, fresh food.
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