When Deb Freeman started researching Virginia foodways about 10 years ago, Edna Lewis’ Taste of Country Cooking was the first thing that came up in her Google search. Freeman was just starting out as ...

Edna Lewis gathers ingredients in the garden behind Ellerslie Plantation west of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1975. John T. Hill Some children are obsessed with soldiers, dinosaurs, princesses.

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 ...

Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock first shared this gloriously smooth, dairy-free soup in the November 1998 issue of Food & Wine, as part of a 19-recipe Thanksgiving menu. “That [soup] was pure Miss ...

It premieres February 18 on PBS. This February, PBS will premiere Finding Edna Lewis, a new documentary that explores the life and legacy of Edna Lewis, renowned chef, writer, and author of The ...

Deb Freeman traces the life of Edna Lewis, author of "The Taste of Country Cooking," in a new documentary. While some people spent the pandemic starting sourdough, Jesse Valenciana got busy perfecting ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Library of Virginia will present a free film screening of the new documentary “Finding Edna Lewis” in two weeks, along with a panel discussion. The documentary ...

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 ...

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Lewis’ tender, baking-powder-raised and buttermilk-kicked biscuits are the stuff of legend, and to this day, Peacock leads "Biscuit Experience" seminars in Marion, Georgia, using the recipe he gave ...