{"id":82009,"date":"2026-02-02T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=82009"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:29:27","slug":"seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-edna-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-edna-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasoned: Women Culinary Pioneers &#8211; Edna Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"player_container player-82009\" ><div class=\"spp_player_textabove\"><b>Listen to the Episode  <\/b><\/div><div id=\"sm2-82009\" class=\"sm2-82009 playercontent sm2-bar-ui compact flat full-width full-width-player\"><div class=\"bd sm2-main-controls\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-button-element\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" style=\"background: transparent url(https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/podcast_channel_artwork.jpg) repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ cover ;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"spp-player-background\"> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#play\" class=\"sm2-inline-button play-pause\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"loader\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eq\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bar bar-1\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bar bar-2\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bar bar-3\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bar bar-4\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-inline-status progressbar\">\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" style=\"display:none;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"playerpitch0\" style=\"display:none;\">0.75x<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"playerpitch1\">1x<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"playerpitch2\" style=\"display:none;\">1.25x<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"playerpitch3\" style=\"display:none;\">1.5x<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"playerpitch4\" style=\"display:none;\">2x<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" style=\"display:none;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"secrewind\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-playlist\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-playlist-target\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-progress\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-progress-bd\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-progress-track\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-progress-bar1\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-progress-bar\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-progress-ball\"><div class=\"icon-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-row timestamp timetext\"><div class=\"sm2-inline-time timestamp\">0:00<\/div><div class=\"sm2-inline-duration timestamp\">30:36<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-button-element sm2-volume\" style=\"0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   <div class=\"sm2-button-bd\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sm2-inline-button sm2-volume-control volume-shade\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#volume\" class=\"sm2-inline-button sm2-volume-control\" style=\"\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bd sm2-playlist-drawer sm2-element\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-playlist-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"sm2-playlist-bd\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/thestoryexchange\/TSE_Podcast_Edna_Lewis_Full_Mix.mp3?dest-id=296878\">Seasoned: Women Culinary Pioneers &#8211; 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(Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of John T. Hill.<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Edna Lewis was a chef and cookbook author whose memories and devotion to the delicious, fresh flavors of her Virginia childhood forever changed the way we think of Southern food. While our previous episodes have focused on women who time may have forgotten \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/introducing-our-seasoned-series-on-culinary-pioneers-meet-mfk-fisher\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"80941\">MFK Fisher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-cecilia-chiang\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"80986\">Cecilia Chiang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-lena-richard\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"81057\">Lena Richard<\/a> \u2013 Lewis certainly holds a prestigious position today in the food community, inspiring chefs and home cooks alike. There&#8217;s even a postage stamp dedicated to &#8220;the Grande Dame of Southern Cooking,&#8221; featuring her elegant visage.\u00a0&#8220;She didn&#8217;t look like anyone else. She seemed to be 10 feet tall. It was just a majestic and also quiet presence,&#8221; recalls Scott Peacock, Lewis&#8217;s longtime friend, who joins us in this episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_7fa10b499f76a0d720d50d1acef160be\" class=\"wp-block related-post alignwide\">\n      <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"section-title\">\n      <h4>Related<\/h4>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"post-wrap\">\n              <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-lena-richard\/\" class=\"post-image-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lena-Richard-Cooking-Show-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lena Richard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lena-Richard-Cooking-Show-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lena-Richard-Cooking-Show-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lena-Richard-Cooking-Show-84x84.jpg 84w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lena-Richard-Cooking-Show-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"entry-text\">\n          <h3 class=\"post-title\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-lena-richard\/\">\n              Seasoned: Women Culinary Pioneers &#8211; Lena Richard\n            <\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite the accolades, it&#8217;s fair to say that the average person might not know about Edna Lewis, who died in 2006 at age 89. And many more might not realize her influence \u2013 not just on Southern cuisine, but on how we source and consume food in general.&nbsp; Her historic Southern recipes focus on fresh ingredients that are in season and local. &#8220;Foundationally, her food was brilliant in its simplicity,&#8221; says chef Alexander Smalls, who met Lewis at Gage &amp; Tolner in Brooklyn, New York.&nbsp;&#8220;Long before there was Alice Waters from Berkeley, there was Edna, who essentially brought us to the fields.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode also features Sara Franklin, who edited the book <em>Edna Lewis: At The Table with an American Original<\/em>, a collection of essays published in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/culinary-pioneers\/\">entire\u00a0<em>Seasoned<\/em>\u00a0project<\/a>, with more episodes rolling out in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-from-this-series\">More From This Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/introducing-our-seasoned-series-on-culinary-pioneers-meet-mfk-fisher\/\">Seasoned, Episode 1 \u2013 MFK Fisher<\/a><\/strong><br>Our 6-episode podcast kicks off with the California writer who invented the food memoir. Long before Anthony Bourdain, there was a woman who taught us how to enjoy food, drink and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-cecilia-chiang\/\"><strong>Seasoned, Episode 2 \u2013 Cecilia Chiang<\/strong><\/a><br>In San Francisco, an immigrant restaurateur brings authentic Chinese cuisine to the U.S. via The Mandarin. It\u2019s a love letter to her childhood in China, pre-Communist Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/seasoned-women-culinary-pioneers-lena-richard\/\">Seasoned, Episode 3 \u2013 Lena Richard<\/a><\/strong><br>Down in the Big Easy, a Creole chef experiments with bold flavors and becomes a forebearer of today\u2019s multihyphenate food personality, even as her life is cut short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This celebrated Virginia chef introduced the farm-to-table movement and showed the rest of the country the fresh flavors of Southern cuisine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":82061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"This celebrated Virginia chef introduced the farm-to-table movement and showed the rest of the country the fresh flavors of Southern cuisine.","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:l2n6ydtigm3gtra4vb4rfl7f","date":"2026-02-02T15:35:17+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:l2n6ydtigm3gtra4vb4rfl7f\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mdv6cycmoi27","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:l2n6ydtigm3gtra4vb4rfl7f\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mdv6cycmoi27\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidufneccg3lweebtgmd4zinw6bsz4czodsrarkliscssxm6wyaq2e\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreib2okur5j4227exccdhzrpyr4y346gm4jnz2g5age2intina2lyve\",\"rev\":\"3mdv6cycvhq27\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[19525,22262,22261,20161],"class_list":["post-82009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-black-women","tag-farm-to-table-movement","tag-southern-cuisine","tag-women-in-culinary-arts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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