Edna Lewis Quotes

• Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way of life. I realize how much the bond that held us had to do with food.

  Edna Lewis

  Family, Food, Home

  Edna Lewis (2012). “The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.18, Knopf

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• The smell of coffee cooking was a reason for growing up, because children were never allowed to have it and nothing haunted the nostrils all the way out to the barn as did the aroma of boiling coffee.

  Edna Lewis

  Children, Growing Up, Coffee

  Edna Lewis (2012). “The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.24, Knopf

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• One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

  Edna Lewis

  Food, Learning, African American

  Edna Lewis (2013). “In Pursuit of Flavor”, p.7, Knopf

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• Greens are a dish that most Southerners would walk a mile for.

  Edna Lewis

  Dishes, Miles, Walks

  Edna Lewis (2013). “In Pursuit of Flavor”, p.33, Knopf

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