Monthly Archives: January 2014

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Chef Edna Lewis, photographed by Karl Bissinger

Chef Edna Lewis, photographed by Karl Bissinger

The Southern Foodways Alliance commissioned me to write a tribute to beloved Southern Chef Edna Lewis for the Women at Work Symposium at the University of Mississippi in Oxford this past fall. Over several months I got to know her through her recipes and stories about growing up on a farm in Freetown, Virginia. Her recipe for carmel cake was a revelation and a dream. Detra Payne brought Miss Lewis to life at the conference in Mississippi. It was a real homecoming. See the video of the performance at the link below.

Dinner With Edna Lewis – 20 minute video