The latest issue of Edible Brooklyn includes a story about the legendary Southern chef, Edna Lewis. For a short stint, she cooked at the late Gage & Tollner, on Fulton Mall. But she is most closely associated not with New York, but with the state of Georgia. There, she inspired Chef Scott Peacock, of Watershed, that wonderful restaurant with the fried chicken and the brown sugar crusted bacon that I wrote about in my post, Eating in Atlanta. The pair wrote a cookbook together, The Gift of Southern Cooking. Peacock was Lewis's friend and caretaker until her death, in 2006. She was his mentor and muse.
Edible Brooklyn is available, for free, at locations throughout the borough. I don't know why, but the Edna Lewis article is not availble in the online version. If you want to read it, pick up a hard copy fast. The issues run out quickly. I got mine at Bierkraft, in Park Slope.
1 comments:
Hello -
I am a filmmaker in Atlanta. I read your latest blog with the mention of Edna Lewis and her recipes.
I just wanted to let you know I produced a 21 minute documentary about Miss Edna Lewis and its viewable in its entirety on Internet at a Gourmet Magazine website:
http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/video/2008/01/Edna
and at a Georgia Public Broadcasting website:
http://www.cforty7.com/film/theater?film_test=16
My documentary is called Fried Chicken and Sweet Potato Pie.
My website, http://bbarash.com/bb_friedchicken.htm has more information about the film and the story of Miss Lewis.
Sincerely,
Bailey Barash
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