Edna Lewis's apple brown Betty, served at Gordonsville Ice House in Gordonsville, Va. Brunswick stew with cornbread at The Barbeque Exchange in Gordonsville. Chef Zachary Andrews preparing “quail ...

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"I will never forget spring mornings in Virginia," chef Edna Lewis writes in her seminal 1976 cookbook, "The Taste of Country Cooking." About an hour east of the land that inspired those words, the ...

This article contains spoilers about the most recent episode of "Top Chef." A black female chef from an era when those words were rarely seen together is finally getting her due among a broader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edna Lewis, the culinary virtuoso and undisputed godmother of Southern cooking, left an undeniable mark on the food industry.

It's impossible to overstate the importance of Edna Lewis in the pantheon of American chefs — especially in the realm of Southern cuisine. Lewis exalted and explained farm-to-table cooking in the ...

A half-century after “The Taste of Country Cooking” transformed American foodways, Edna Lewis’ voice and vision still nourish ...

Lately, my social media feeds have been full of people strategizing about how to stretch a dollar when feeding their family in the face of inflation. For those who've lived in tough financial ...

Lewis was born in 1916 to Eugene and Daisy Lewis, one of eight children. Her grandfather Chester Lewis, who had been formerly enslaved in a nearby town, began the community with other families, ...

Edna Lewis, the culinary virtuoso and undisputed godmother of Southern cooking, left an undeniable mark on the food industry. Continuing to resonate with both aspiring and seasoned chefs now, her ...