In Pursuit of Flavor (Edna Lewis) - The Virginia Bookshelf edition

University Press of Virginia, Charlottsville VA, 2000. Softcover. Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1988. 

This book should be in everyone’s kitchen. Edna 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 Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Grande Dame des Dames d’Escoffier International, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Lifetime Achievement Award.  

It’s hard to overstate Edna Lewis’ expertise and techniques, and in this follow up to The Taste of Country Cooking, you’ll receive nearly 200 recipes, charming illustrations, personal anecdotes, and cooking insights. It’s an anthology and an essential ode to Southern cooking. -Brinda

Like new condition.