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The late chef and cookbook author Edna Lewis changed the face of Southern cuisine.

01.14.08

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Edna Lewis trained Peacock’s palate to detect the metallic undertones that commercial baking powders can impart, and he's never looked back.

January 2008

Keywords: baking,; scott peacock,; edna lewis

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There are many different gumbo recipes, all taking advantage of local ingredients and served with rice. This one is a heady, fragrant slurry thick with seafood.

January 2008

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"There is a dish that originated in Charleston called Hoppin’ John," Edna Lewis writes in In Pursuit of Flavor, "which we had never heard of in Virginia."

January 2008

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Potatoes aren’t a backbone starch in the South, but they’re one vegetable, notes Miss Lewis, that is good in all seasons.

January 2008

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The brown sugar in the ingredients list below is there to mellow the acidity of the tomatoes, not to make this a sweet dish.

January 2008

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Miss Lewis mentions buttermilk cookies, which she pairs with ice-cold lemonade, but as far as we know, she never committed a recipe to paper.

January 2008

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Like many an accomplished hostess in the South, Miss Lewis was a dab hand at making yeast rolls.

January 2008

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Miss Lewis gives the option of roasting in the oven, and that’s what we did because it plays up the contrast between the rich, tender, moist dark meat and the crisp skin.

January 2008