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Green Peas in Cream
"Green peas were considered a great delicacy," says Edna Lewis in The Taste of Country Cooking.
January 2008
- Keywords
- southern u.s.,
- edna lewis,
- web-exclusive recipes,
- peas,
- starter
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Homemade Baking Powder
Edna Lewis trained Peacock’s palate to detect the metallic undertones that commercial baking powders can impart, and he's never looked back.
January 2008
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- baking,
- scott peacock,
- edna lewis
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Hoppin’ John
"There is a dish that originated in Charleston called Hoppin’ John," Edna Lewis writes in In Pursuit of Flavor, "which we had never heard of in Virginia."
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- pork
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Simmered Greens with Cornmeal Dumplings
This "assembly of greens," as Miss Lewis would say, has a supple texture that works nicely with cornmeal dumplings.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- pork,
- regional specialty
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Potato Casserole
Potatoes aren’t a backbone starch in the South, but they’re one vegetable, notes Miss Lewis, that is good in all seasons.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- potato
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Beets in Vinaigrette
If you read Edna Lewis’s cookbooks, you will come to understand that southerners do not boil their vegetables to death.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- web-exclusive recipes,
- vegetarian,
- beets
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Featherlight Yeast Rolls
Like many an accomplished hostess in the South, Miss Lewis was a dab hand at making yeast rolls.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- bread
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Potted Stuffed Squab
Miss Lewis gives the option of roasting in the oven, and that’s what we did because it plays up the contrast between the rich, tender, moist dark meat and the crisp skin.
January 2008
- Keywords
- poultry,
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- web-exclusive recipes
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Brunswick Stew
Residents of Brunswick, Georgia, and Brunswick County, Virginia, are both fiercely protective of the provenance of this dish.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- poultry,
- soup,
- regional specialty
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Seafood Gumbo
There are many different gumbo recipes, all taking advantage of local ingredients and served with rice. This one is a heady, fragrant slurry thick with seafood.
January 2008
- Keywords
- southern u.s.,
- soup,
- seafood,
- edna lewis