Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Food & Wine / Photo by Rachel Marek / Food Styling by Holly Dreesman / Props Stylng by Gabriel It's impossible to overstate the ...

“My mother often served us a supper of kidney bean soup or a pot of baked beans on a winter night,” Edna Lewis writes in her 1976 classic, “The Taste of Country Cooking,” adding that the rest of the ...

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.

SOUTHERN LEGACY Chef Leah Branch says beloved Black chef Edna Lewis ‘was a person who had a beautiful, idyllic life and enjoyed it and shared it with other people.’ (Photo courtesy of Field Studio) In ...

Edna Lewis was a renowned chef, culinary ambassador, and the godmother of Southern cooking (according to many)—and she created an unforgettable presence in the food industry. With an ability to ...

Annual dinner pays homage to the ‘Grande Dame’ of Southern food. Pioneering Southern cook Edna Lewis lived for several years in Decatur, working with her good friend chef Scott Peacock of Horseradish ...

Life-altering moments, both good and bad, are often said to come in threes. For “Setting the Table” podcast host and Style food editor Deb Freeman, her holy trinity moment centered around ...

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 ...