Wata mace mai mahimmanci, Edna Lewis ta kasance mai mahimmanci a duniya mai cin ganyayyaki da kuma rayuwa. Yarinyar 'yantaccen' yanci, Edna zai yi girma har ya kasance babban shugaba , jakada na dafa, kuma mai kula da kayan lambu na kudancin gaske. Ta yi wahayi zuwa ga wasu matasan matasa da kuma tabbatar da cewa ba za a manta da al'adun gargajiya na Kudu ba. Fiye da kayan fasaha, Edna Lewis ya shafi rayuwar waɗanda ke kewaye da ita da alheri da kyawawan rayuwa.
Ta mutu a shekara ta 2006 a shekara 89.
Yara
An haifi Edna Lewis ranar 13 ga Afrilu, 1916 a Freetown, Virginia. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin yara takwas. Freetown wani ƙauyen yankunan karkara ne da aka kafa a ƙarshen karni na 19 ta hanyar 'yantaccen' yantacce uku, wanda ya kasance kakan Lewis. Kakanta kuma ya fara makarantar farko a Freetown. An gudanar da aji a cikin dakin sa.
Farkon Abincin Abinci
Lewis ta sami kwarewar abinci ta jiki da kuma ƙaunar sabo da kuma yanayi na girma a Freetown, inda irin waɗannan abubuwa sun kasance cikin rayuwa. Ta koyi mafi yawan kayan dafa ta daga ɗanta Jenny. Sun yi amfani da katako na itace don duk abincin su kuma basu da ma'aunin nama ko Sikeli, don haka a maimakon haka, sun yi amfani da tsabar kudi, suna yin amfani da tsabar kudi, suna yin foda a kan fensari, gishiri a kan dimes, da kuma soda baking a kan nickels. An ce Lewis ya riga ya iya fada lokacin da aka yi wani cake kawai ta hanyar sauraro.
Daga ƙananan garin zuwa Birnin New York
Lewis ya bar Freetown yana da shekaru 16, bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa, ya koma Washington har zuwa Birnin New York.
Ayyukan farko na farko a birnin New York sun hada da yin motsi a cikin laundromat kuma a matsayin ma'aikaci na Daily Worker. Ta kuma shiga cikin zanga zangar siyasa kuma ta yi kira ga shugaban kasar Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Edna Lewis 'Abincin ya zama Kalma
A Birnin New York, Lewis 'dafa abinci ya ba ta labarin labarun. A shekara ta 1948, lokacin da shugabannin mata ba su da yawa, kuma mata masu baƙar fata ba su da yawa, Lewis ya bude gidansa tare da John Nicholson, dan kasuwa da kuma Bohemian tare da dandano ga jama'a.
Café Nicholson, a kan titin East 57th a Manhattan, babban nasara ne.
Lewis yayi duk abincin. Gurasarta ta kasance mai sauƙi, mai kyaun abincin Kudanci, amma shagon ya jawo hankulan mutane masu yawa kamar Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marlene Dietrich da Diana Vreeland. Lewis ya zauna tare da gidan cin abincin har 1954. An sayar Café Nicholson a 1999 zuwa shugaba Patrick Woodside.
Ma'aikatar Culinary
Lewis kuma ya rayu da kuma aiki a Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Charleston, ta Kudu Carolina; Decatur, Georgia (wurin zama na karshe). Ta koyar da nau'o'i na kayan abinci, da kuma na al'ada. Harshen koyarwarsa da littattafan littattafai sun rinjayi mutane da yawa kuma sunyi wahayi da yawa ga matasa. Lewis ya yi ritaya a matsayinsa na shugaba a shekarar 1992. Aikinsa na karshe shine a Glyn da Tollner na Brooklyn inda ta kasance shugaba a shekaru hudu.
A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, Lewis da ƙungiyar abokai sun fara Society don Tattaunawa da Tsaron Kudancin Abinci.
Littafin rubutu na Cookbook
A cikin ƙarshen shekarun da suka gabata, Lewis ya karya kafafu kuma ya tilasta masa ya dakatar da cin abinci na dan lokaci. A wannan lokacin, ta yanke shawarar rubuta wasu girke-girke. Sakamakon haka shi ne littafin Edna Lewis. Sakamakon abubuwan kirki masu ban sha'awa James Beard da MKF
Fisher ya yaba littafin. Littafinta mai ban sha'awa, Tasirin Ciniki na Ƙasar (1976), ɗaya daga cikin litattafai na farko da wata mace ta Afirka ta Kudu ta kai zuwa ga dukkanin al'umma kuma an ladafta shi don sake farfadowa da abincin da ake amfani da ita na kudanci.
Edna Lewis 'littattafai suna da tarihin sirri da yawa kamar yadda suke tattara girke-girke. Suna ƙunshe da tarihin ban mamaki game da abinci na Kudanci da tunani game da rayuwar karkara tun daga lokacin yaro. Littattafanta suna cike da shawarwari da aka samo daga rayuwa ta cin abinci. Litattafan Edna na farko game da abincin da aka saba da shi da kuma yanayin zamani sun kasance farkon juyin juya halin nahiyar Amirka .
Ƙarin Bayanan kula
Edna Lewis ya auri Steve Kingston, wanda ya mutu a shekarun 1970. Suna da ɗayan ɗayan da aka zaɓa (asalin Afirka), Dokta Afeworki Paulos.
Ranar 13 ga Fabrairun 2006, Edna Lewis ya mutu yana da shekara 89 a gidansa a Decatur, Georgia.
Kyautuka da Bayani
1986 - Sunaye Wanda Shike Abincin Cookie ta Cook's Magazine
1990 - lambar yabo na ci gaba na IACP (International Assoc na Ma'aikata na Culinary)
1995 - lambar yabo ta James Beard Living Legend (lambar yabo ta farko.)
1999 - Les Dames d'Escoffier, babbar ƙungiya ce ta duniya game da mata masu cin ganyayyaki.
1999 - Kyautarda Ci Gaban Kasuwanci daga Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) (Sunan farko irin wannan kyauta.)
2002 - Barbara Tropp Shugaban Kasa (WCR - Women Chefs & Restaurateurs)
2003 - An shigar da shi a cikin littafin KitchenAid na Majalisa (James Beard)
2004 - Kyautar Kasuwancin Kasuwanci da aka zaba don kyautar James Beard da AACP
Cookbooks
Edna Lewis Cookbook (Ecco 1989) (Daga bugawa)
A Ku ɗanɗani Abinci na Ƙasar (Knopf 1976)
A cikin Shari'ar Flavor (Knopf 1988)
Kyautar Kasuwancin Kudancin (tare da Scott Peacock) (Knopf 2003)