![]() 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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