The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis

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Anna Thomas

Screenwriter, filmmaker and author

Judith Jones, my longtime editor at Knopf, gave me this book and told me I’d like it. I love it – though I rarely actually look for a recipe here. But it is a story of a time and a place, a way of life. By simply telling her personal history, Edna Lewis describes the powerful connection between food and community.

John Birdsall

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The recipes shine with grace and dignity, and the chapter intros and headnotes show like faded snapshots of a lost world.

Adrian Miller

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This is the standard for a personal narrative of a cook performing her art through each season.

Kevin Mitchell

Chef Instructor, Culinary Institute of Charleston

You can never go wrong with a book by Edna Lewis.

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