Her recipe for Whipped Cornmeal and Okra is so good it will make you fall in love with the slimy vegetable you swore you couldn't stand. The recipes in her cookbooks are so seductive they make you go back to putting lard in your pie crusts. GROSVENOR: She honored the taste and the history of true southern cooking. Can you imagine the Queen of Creole cuisine on one arm and the granddame of southern cooking on the other? I just was in my world. JOE RANDALL (Chef): I have a picture of her and Leah Chase, Edna on one arm and Leigha on the other. Her classical presentation of southern food made you, as Chef Joe Randall says, want to put the South in your mouth. NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor remembers the First Lady of Southern Cuisine.Įdna Lewis was an elegant woman. Lewis had no formal culinary training, but her cookbooks on southern cuisine garnered her praise and a wide following. Renowned chef and author, Edna Lewis died at her home in Georgia this week at the age of 89.
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