ʻO kekahi wahine kiʻekiʻe,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Edna Lewis, he kanaka koʻikoʻi hoʻi ia ma ka honua meaʻai a me ke ola. ʻO ka moʻopuna a nā kauā hoʻokuʻu,ʻo Edna e ulu a lilo i meaʻai nui, lunaʻainaʻaina, a mālama hoʻi i kaʻohi maoliʻo Southern. Hoʻokumuʻo ia i kahi hanauna o nā'ōpiopio'ōpio a me ka hōʻoiaʻanaʻaʻole e poinaʻia nā kuamoʻo kahiko o ka hema. Ma mua o kahi kūkani akamai, ua hoʻopiliʻo Edna Lewis i nā ola o ka poʻe e hoʻopuni ana iā ia me ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka nani o ke ola.
Ua makeʻo ia i ka makahiki 2006 ma ke 89 o kona makahiki.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi
Ua hānauʻo Edna Lewis i ka lā 13 oʻApelila, 1916, ma Freetown, Virginia. Heʻewalu ia mau keiki. He wahiʻuʻuku ke kaiāulu o Freetown i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19 mai iʻekolu mau kaupaʻa i hoʻokuʻuʻia,ʻo ia ka makua kāne o Lewis. Ua hoʻomaka mua kona kupuna kāne i ke kula mua ma Freetown. Ua mālamaʻia nā papa ma loko o kona lumi noho.
Nā Kau Kula mua
Ua loaʻaʻo Lewis i kāna mau hana kuke a me ke aloha i ka ulu hou a me ka manawa kūpono e ulu ana ma Freetown, kahi e pili ana ia mau mea i ke ola. Uaʻikeʻo ia i ka hapa nui o kāna kukeʻana mai kona kaikuahineʻo Jenny. Ua hoʻohana lākou i kahi kapuahi wahie no kā lākouʻaiʻana aʻaʻole i ana i nā puna a iʻole nā unahi, no laila, ua hoʻohana lākou i nā'āpana, e hoʻopili i ka lepo ma luna o nā peni, ka paʻakai ma ka dimes, a me ka soda ma nā nickels. Ua'ōleloʻiaʻo Lewis i hiki iā ia ke haʻi i ka manawa i hanaʻia ai ka pōpō palaoa ma ka hoʻolohe waleʻana.
Mai ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo New York
Ua haʻaleleʻo Lewis iā Freetown i ka makahiki 16, ma hope o ka makeʻana o kona makuakāne, a neʻeʻo ia i Wakinekona a ma New York.
ʻO kāna mau hana mua ma New York City,ʻo ia nō ka hōʻailonaʻana i loko o ka laundromat a ma keʻano he limahana o ka Daily Worker. Ua komo pūʻo ia i loko o nā hōʻike politika a ua kākoʻoʻo ia iā Pelekikena Franklin D. Roosevelt.
ʻO Cookingʻo Edna Lewis
Ma New York, uaʻoki 'o Lewis iā ia i ka moʻolelo kuʻuna. I ka makahiki 1948, i ka manawa i liʻiliʻi ai nā kuʻi wahine he nui a heʻeleʻele wahineʻeleʻele paha, ua weheʻo Lewis i kāna hale kūʻai me John Nicholson, he mea kūʻai kahiko a me Bohemian me kaʻono no ka lehulehu.
ʻO Café Nicholson, ma ka East 57th Street ma Manhattan, he lanakila nui loa ia.
Ua hanaʻo Lewis i kaʻaiʻana. ʻO kāna mau meaʻai he meaʻoluʻolu, he meaʻono ia i ka meaʻai Kuki, akā uaʻike nuiʻia ka haleʻaina e like me Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marlene Dietrich, a me Diana Vreeland. Ua nohoʻo Lewis ma ka haleʻaina a hiki i ka makahiki 1954. Ua kūʻaiʻiaʻo Café Nicholson i ka 1999 i ka lunaʻo Patrick Woodside.
ʻO kaʻoihana mahiʻai
Ua ola a hoʻiʻo Lewis i Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; ʻO Decadur, Georgia (kona wahi noho hope loa). Ua aʻoʻo ia i nā papa hana kuke, ma kaʻoihana a me kaʻoihanaʻoihana. ʻO kāna mau aʻoʻana a me kāna mau puke puke ua hoʻoikaika a hoʻoulu i nā'ōpiopio'ōpiopio he nuiʻole. Ua hoʻomahaʻo Lewis ma keʻano he poʻo i ka makahiki 1992.ʻO kāna hanaʻaiʻai hope loa ma Brooklyn's Gage & Tollner kahi i mālama aiʻo ia iʻehā no nā makahikiʻehā.
I ka makahiki o ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻomakaʻo Lewis a me kekahi mau hoa aloha i ka Society for the Revival and Preservation of Southern Food.
Pūnaewele Cookbook
I ka halaʻana o nā makahiki he kanahiku, ua hakiʻo Lewis i kona wāwae a ua kāohiʻia e ho'ōki i kaʻoihana kuke no kekahi manawa. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻoholoʻo ia e kākau i kekahi o kāna mau meaʻai. ʻO ka hopena,ʻo ka Edena Lewis Cookbook. ʻO'Iconic nā mea kanuʻo James Beard a me MKF
Ua mahaloʻo Fisher i ka puke. ʻO kāna puke kiʻi'āina,ʻo The Taste of Country Cooking (1976),ʻo ia kekahi o nā puke puke mua a kekahi wahineʻAmelika-ʻAmelika e hiki ai i ka hālāwai hoʻolohe aupuni āpau a mahaloʻia no ka hoʻoulu houʻana i ka loina ma kaʻohi aʻahana.
ʻO Edna Lewis 'nā puke e like me nā memo moʻolelo pilikino e like me kā lākou e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā mea huli. Aia i loko o lākou nā moʻolelo kupaianaha o kaʻai a me ka hoʻomanaʻo o ka Pākīpika ma ka nohona kaiāulu mai kona wā kamaliʻi. Ua piha kāna mau puke i nā manaʻo i loaʻa mai i ka nohoʻana i nā manawa a pau. ʻO nā mokuna mua o Edna e pili ana i nā meaʻai hou a me ka wā maʻamau ka hopena o ka holomua oʻAmelika .
Nā Hōʻike hou
Ua maleʻo Edna Lewis iā Steve Kingston, a make i ka makahiki 1970. He hoʻokahi keiki hānai iā lākou (ʻoʻAmelika),ʻo Kauka Afeworki Paulos.
Ma ka lā 13 o Pepeluali 2006, ua makeʻo Edna Lewis i kona 89 makahiki i kona home ma Decatur, Georgia.
Nā hōʻailona a me nā hōʻailona
1986 - Kāheaʻiaʻo wai ka mea i loko o nā CookingʻAmelika e Cook's Magazine
I ka makahiki 1990 - IACP (Ke Kuʻuna Honua o nā Kānaka Limahana)
1995 - James Beard Living Legend Award (Ko lākou hōʻike mua loa.)
1999 - Kapaʻiaʻo Great Dame e Les Dames d'Escoffier, kahi hui kaiaulu o kaʻoihana wahine hānai wahine.
1999 - Ke Kauoha Loaʻa Loaʻa no ka Lālani mai ka Southern Alliance Alliance (SFA) (Ko lākou hōʻailona mua.)
2002 - Barbara Tropp Pelekikena o ka Pelekikena (WCR - Women Chefs & Restaurateurs)
2003 - Ua hoʻokomoʻia i loko o ka Hall Hall of Fame (James Beard) KitchenAid.
2004 - Ke Kumu o nā Kino Lawaiʻa i kohoʻia no ka makana a James Beard a me ka AACP Award
Cookbooks
Ka Edena Lewis Cookbook (Ecco 1989) (Ma waho o ka palapala)
ʻO kaʻaiʻana o ka'āina Kūʻai (Hoʻopaʻa 1976)
Ma ka hihia o Flavor (Knopf 1988)
Ka Gift o nā Kino Kūʻokoʻa (me Scott Peacock) (Knopf 2003)