Edna Lewis

Edna Lewis (born April 13, 1916, Freetown, Va., U.S.—died Feb. 13, 2006, Decatur, Ga.) was an African American author and chef, renowned for her traditional Southern cooking that emphasized fresh and locally grown foods and later in life for her recipes. Having encountered racial prejudices after moving to New York City in the 1940s, Lewis worked in a laundry and as a seamstress before John Nicholson, an acquaintance who had dined at her home, opened...