To make Lewis’ black-eyed peas at home, start by rinsing 1 cup of black-eyed peas in a strainer and sorting out any ...

Skip re-rolling the scraps. Re-rolling leftover dough changes the cookies’ flavor and texture, so Lewis advises against it.

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 “quail ...

Greens, grits, cheese soufflé — and, of course, fried chicken. You can’t forget the fried chicken. For many in the South, these foods are a taste of normalcy. But the rest of the country can ...

"Edna Lewis: Chef and Humanitarian," is an exhibit of 40 black-and-white and color photos of Lewis by John T. Hill, a close friend and photographer who made the portrait that adorns her first cookbook ...

She won the James Beard Living Legend Award. She's inspired a novel and a one-woman show. Her face even made its way onto a postage stamp. If you don't know who we're talking about, it's time you got ...

Before she opened The Grey in Savannah (one of our 50 Best New Restaurants in 2015), chef Mashama Bailey had a career as a social worker. She quit, following her passion for cooking, and entered ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - The Edna Lewis Foundation paid tribute to black female chefs at The Grey in Downtown Savannah, all while celebrating the legacy of Chef Edna Lewis. Guests enjoyed wine, cocktails ...

The Kitchen Sisters — producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva — came across a 1983 conversation they had with Edna Lewis, a legendary American chef and a pioneer of Southern cooking. Sometimes, the ...

Serena Maria Daniels is a former editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been ...