Mosali e molelele, ea laelang, Edna Lewis le eena e ne e le senatla haholo lefatšeng la culinary hammoho le bophelong. Setloholo sa makhoba a lokolotsoeng, Edna o ne a tla hōla ho ba mohlokomeli ea hloahloa , moemeli oa litholoana, le mohlokomeli oa phepelo ea 'nete ea Amerika. O ne a tla tsosolosa moloko oa baeta-pele ba bacha le ho netefatsa hore litloaelo tsa setso tsa Boroa li ke ke tsa lebaloa. Ntle ho setho se nang le tsebo, Edna Lewis o ile a ama bophelo ba ba mo pota-potileng ka mohau le botle ba bophelo.
O shoele ka 2006 ha a le lilemo li 89.
Bongoaneng
Edna Lewis o hlahile ka la 13 April, 1916, Freetown, Virginia. E ne e le e mong oa bana ba robeli. Freetown ke motse o monyenyane oa mahaeng o thehiloeng ho ella qetellong ea lekholo la bo19 la lilemo ke makhoba a mararo a lokolohileng, eo e neng e le ntate-moholo oa Lewis. Nkhono oa hae le eena o ile a qala sekolo sa pele Freetown. Lihlopha li ne li tšoaroa ka kamoreng ea ho phomola.
Pele ho pheha Lithuto
Lewis o ile a fumana tsebo ea hae ea ho pheha le lerato la ho hloekisa le nako ea tlhaho e hōlang Freetown, moo lintho tse joalo e neng e le karolo ea bophelo. O ithutile boholo ba ho pheha ha hae ho Nangoane Jenny. Ba ne ba sebelisa setofo se chesitsoeng ka patsi bakeng sa ho pheha ha bona 'me ba sa lokela ho lekanya likhaba kapa sekala, ho e-na le hoo, ba ne ba sebelisa licheleteng tsa tšepe, ba tšela phofo ea ho baka ka li-pennies, letsoai la dimes, le soda e bakang li-nickel. Ho boleloa hore Lewis o khonne ho bolela ha ho ne ho etsoa kaka feela ka ho mamela.
Ho tloha Toropong e Nyenyane ho ea New York City
Lewis o ile a tloha Freetown a le lilemo li 16, ka mor'a hore ntate oa hae a shoe, eaba o fallela Washington 'me qetellong a ea New York City.
Mesebetsi ea hae ea pele New York City e ne e kenyelletsa ho kenya liphahlo le ho basebetsi ba Daily Worker. O ne a boetse a kenyelletsa lipontšo tsa lipolotiki mme a hlasela Mopresidente Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Ho pheha ha Edna Lewis ho fetoha Litaba
New York, ho pheha ha Lewis ho ile ha mo etsa tšōmo ea moo. Ka 1948, ha licheke tsa basali li ne li le likhutsana le lihlopha tse ntšo tsa batsho li ne li le tse fokotsehang, Lewis o ile a bula reschorente ea hae le John Nicholson, mohoebi oa khale le bohemia ba ratang sechaba se phahameng.
Café Nicholson, e ka bochabela sa 57th Street Manhattan, e ile ea atleha haholo.
Lewis o phehile kaofela. Lijo tsa hae e ne e le lijo tse bonolo, tse monate tsa Amerika empa k'habisine e ne e hohela lifahleho tse ngata tse tummeng joaloka Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marlene Dietrich le Diana Vreeland. Lewis o ile a lula le reschorente ho fihlela ka 1954. Café Nicholson o ile a rekisoa ka 1999 ho ea ho mookameli Patrick Woodside.
Mosebetsi oa Culinary
Lewis o ne a boetse a lula 'me a sebetsa Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Charleston, Carolina Boroa; Decatur, Georgia (sebaka sa ho qetela sa bolulo). O rutile lihlopha tsa ho pheha, ka bobeli le ka mokhoa o sebetsang. Thuto ea hae le libuka tsa ho pheha li susumelletsehile ebile li susumelitse liphoofolo tse ngata tsa bacha. Lewis o ile a tlohela mosebetsing oa ho ba mohlokomeli ka 1992. Mosebetsi oa hae oa ho qetela oa ho pheha o ne o le Gage & Tollner ea Brooklyn moo e neng e le mohlokomeli ka lilemo tse 'nè.
Bohareng ba lilemo tsa bo-1990, Lewis le sehlopha sa metsoalle ba ile ba qala Mokhatlo oa Ho tsosolosa le ho boloka lijo tsa Southern.
Mongoli oa Cookbook
Lilemong tse mashome a tšeletseng tse fetileng, Lewis o ile a roba leoto 'me a qobelloa ho khaotsa ho pheha tsebo ka nakoana. Nakong ena, o ile a etsa qeto ea ho ngola tse ling tsa diresepe tsa hae. Phello e bile Edna Lewis Cookbook. Litšoantšo tsa litloaelo tsa James tsa litelu le MKF
Fisher o ile a rorisa buka ena. Buka ea hae e hlahang ka morao-rao e bitsoang Taste of Country Cooking (1976), e ne e le e 'ngoe ea libuka tsa pele tsa phepelo tsa mosali oa Moamerika le Moamerika ho ea ho bamameli ba naha ka bophara' me o nkoa e le ho tsosolosa thahasello ea ho pheha ha 'nete ka boroa.
Libuka tsa Edna Lewis li na le mekhoa e mengata ea botho ha li ntse li bokellana tsa diresepe. Li na le litlaleho tse tsotehang tsa lijo tsa Southern le litšoantšo tsa bophelo ba mahaeng ho tloha bongoaneng. Libuka tsa hae li tletse litlhahiso tse fumanoang bophelong ba ho pheha. Likhaolo tsa Edna tsa bopula-maliboho mabapi le lijo tse ncha le nako ea pele ea phetoho ea Amerika .
Lintlha tse ling
Edna Lewis o ne a nyala Steve Kingston, ea shoeleng lilemong tsa bo-1970. Ba ne ba e-na le mora a le mong (e leng letsoalloa la Afrika), Dr. Afeworki Paulos.
Ka la 13 February, 2006, Edna Lewis o ile a hlokahala a le lilemo li 89 lapeng la hae, Decatur, Georgia.
Mesebetsi le Li-Accolades
1986 - Ho bitsoa Who's Who in American Cooking by Cook's Magazine
1990 - Moputso oa Bophelo bo Botle oa Bophelo IACP (Mesebetsi ea Machaba ea Bo-ralipolotiki ba Culinary)
1995 - Moputso oa James Beard Living Legend (Moputso oa bona oa pele.)
1999 - Lebitso le Grande Dame le Les Dames d'Escoffier, mokhatlo o hlophisitsoeng oa machaba oa litsebi tsa basali ba lihlahisoa.
1999 - Moputso oa Bophelo oa Bophelo oa Southern Lifeways Alliance (SFA) (Moputso oa bona oa pele joalo.)
2002 - Moputso oa Mopresidente oa Barbara Tropp (WCR - Basali ba Chefshoa & Bahoebi)
2003 - Ho kenngoa ka KitchenAid Cookbook Hall of Fame (James Beard)
2004 - Mpho ea Southern Southern Cooking e khethiloe bakeng sa Moputso oa James Beard le Moputso oa IACP
Libuka tsa Cookbooks
Edna Lewis Cookbook (Ecco 1989) (E tsoa ho Senyesemane)
Ho Latsoa ha Naha ea Naha (Knopf 1976)
Ho phehella Flavour (Knopf 1988)
Mpho ea Boroa ho Cooking (le Scott Peacock) (Ntoa 2003)