![]() ![]() The two became close friends and in 1949 opened up the restaurant Café Nicholson together with Lewis as the Head Chef. Cut to Lewis meeting entrepreneur Johnny Nicholson. A craft honed through the teachings of techniques and traditions to preserve cultural heritage.Īt 16, Lewis left Freetown eventually making her way to New York where she landed a gig as a seamstress attracting big names like Marilyn Monroe. For Lewis and the Freetown community, cooking was a form of art and history. Here, Lewis grew up foraging, farming, and harvesting local, seasonal ingredients. The Grande Dame of Southern Cooking, writes in her book, In Pursuit of Flavor. The late Edna Lewis was born in Freetown, Virginia, a farming community established by emancipated enslaved people-including her grandfather Chester Lewis who opened up part of his home for the children of their community to use as a school. “When I was growing up, we ate only what was ripe and fresh at the moment,” Edna Lewis, a.k.a. ![]()
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