{"product_id":"the-taste-of-country-cooking-the-30th-anniversary-edition-of-a-great-southern-classic-cookbook-edna-lewis-hardcover","title":"The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook -- Edna Lewis, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this classic Southern cookbook, the \"first lady of Southern cooking\" (NPR) shares the seasonal recipes from a childhood spent in a small farming community settled by freed slaves. She shows us how to recreate these timeless dishes in our own kitchens--using natural ingredients, embracing the seasons, and cultivating community. With a preface by Judith Jones and foreword by Alice Waters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With menus for the four seasons, Miss Lewis (as she was almost universally known) shares the ways her family prepared and enjoyed food, savoring the delights of each special time of year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the fresh taste of spring--the first wild mushrooms and field greens--to the feasts of summer--garden-ripe vegetables and fresh blackberry cobbler--and from the harvest of fall--baked country ham and roasted newly dug sweet potatoes--to the hearty fare of winter--stews, soups, and baked beans--Lewis sets down these marvelous dishes in loving detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here are recipes for Corn Pone and Crispy Biscuits, Sweet Potato Casserole and Hot Buttered Beets, Pan-Braised Spareribs, Chicken with Dumplings, Rhubarb Pie, and Brandied Peaches. Dishes are organized into more than 30 seasonal menus, such as A Late Spring Lunch After Wild-Mushroom Picking, A Midsummer Sunday Breakfast, A Christmas Eve Supper, and an Emancipation Day Dinner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this seminal work, Edna Lewis shows us precisely how to recover, in our own country or city or suburban kitchens, the taste of the fresh, good, and distinctly American cooking that she grew up with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edna Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.94w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307265609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/2006 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdna Lewis was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a farming community founded after the Civil War by freed slaves (among them her grandfather) and for many years lived and cooked in New York City. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural James Beard Living Legend and Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Grande Dame des Dames d'Escoffier International, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Lifetime Achievement Award. Her books were inducted into the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame, and she was commemorated with a United States Postal Service postage stamp. Miss Lewis was also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Edna Lewis Cookbook, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of Flavor\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Scott Peacock, \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Southern Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in February 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lewis, Edna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610929422564,"sku":"9780307265609","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/71wYkn2uIHL.jpg?v=1778188829","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-taste-of-country-cooking-the-30th-anniversary-edition-of-a-great-southern-classic-cookbook-edna-lewis-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}