Melissa Thompson The best podcasts to inspire you in the kitchen
Edna Lewis is not well-known in Britain, but she should be.
The award-winning chef, writer and cookbook author elevated the food of the Deep South in the US so that it sat in its rightful place alongside the greatest cuisines of the world.
Her legacy in the US is powerful. The granddaughter of enslaved people, she was born in Freetown, Virginia, a settlement established by her grandparents following the abolition of slavery.
Food was a big part of the community. It was seasonal and well-seasoned, resourceful through necessity, but never dull. Little of their food was shop-bought – it was grown, caught and foraged by the community, which was a huge influence on
