Otu nwanyị di elu, nke na-enye iwu, Edna Lewis bụkwa onye ukwu n'uwa na-eme nri na ụwa. Nwa nwa nke ndi ohu ndi nwere onwe ha, Edna ga-etolite ibu onye isi nri , onye nnochite anya ndi isi nri, na onye nlekọta nri nke Southern. Ọ ga-akpali ọgbọ nke ndị na-eto eto na-eto eto ma hụ na a gaghị echezọ omenala ọdịnala nke South. Karịa onye ọkachamara maara ihe, Edna Lewis metụrụ ndụ ndị gbara ya gburugburu aka na amara na ịma mma nke ndụ.
Ọ nwụrụ na 2006 mgbe ọ dị afọ 89.
Ụmụaka
A mụrụ Edna Lewis n'April 13, 1916, na Freetown, Virginia. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ụmụ asatọ. Freetown bụ obere ime obodo nke ndị ohu atọ a tọhapụrụ agbahapụ, bụ ndị nna nna Lewis, malitere na narị afọ nke 19. Nna nna ya malitekwara ụlọ akwụkwọ mbụ na Freetown. A na-edebe klas na ya.
Nri akwukwo nri mbu
Lewis nwetara nkà nri ya na ịhụnanya maka ịdị ọhụrụ na oge ọ bụla na-eto eto na Freetown, ebe ihe ndị ahụ bụ akụkụ nke ndụ. Ọ mụtara ọtụtụ n'ime nri ya site na nwanne mama ya bụ Jenny. Ha na-eji stovu ọkụ na-ere ọkụ maka nri ha nile ma ghara ịghata spoons ma ọ bụ akpịrịkpa, ya mere, ha na-eji mkpụrụ ego, na-ekpuchi ntụ ntụ na pennies, nnu na dimes, na soda na nickels. E kwuru na Lewis enweela ike ịkọ mgbe e mere achicha site n'ige ntị.
Site na obere Town na New York City
Lewis hapụrụ Freetown mgbe ọ dị afọ 16, mgbe nna ya nwụsịrị, ma kwaga Washington ma mesịa gaa New York City.
Ọrụ mbụ ya na New York City gunyere ntanye n'ime ụlọ ọrụ na onye ọrụ nke Daily Worker. O tinyekwara aka na ngosipụta ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ma gbasaa maka Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Edna Lewis 'Nri Na-aghọ Akụkọ Ochie
Na New York, nri Lewis mere ya akụkọ akụkọ mpaghara. N'afọ 1948, mgbe ndị inyom na-azụ ụmụ nwanyị dị ole na ole ma ọ bụ ndị isi oji, Lewis mepere John McCholson ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ ya, bụ onye na-ere ahịa n'oge ochie na onye bohemia na-atọ ụtọ maka ọha mmadụ.
Café Nicholson, na East 57th Street na Manhattan, bụ nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma.
Lewis mere nri niile. Achịcha ya dị mfe, nri nri ndị na-atọ ụtọ na nri ndịda, ma cafti nwere mmasị dị iche iche dị ka Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marlene Dietrich, na Diana Vreeland. Lewis nọ na ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ ruo n'afọ 1954. A na-ere Café Nicholson na 1999 ka onye isi ahia Patrick Woodside.
Ọrụ Ugbo
Lewis biri ma rụọ ọrụ na Hill Chapel, North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; Decatur, Georgia (ebe ikpeazụ ọ bi). Ọ kụziiri klaasị nri, ma nke ọma na nke ọrụ. Nkuzi na akwukwo akwukwo ndi ozo emetutawo otutu ndi chefs. Lewis lara ezumike nká dị ka onye isi nri na 1992. Ọrụ ikpeazụ ya na-esi nri bụ na Brooklyn's Gage & Tollner ebe ọ bụ onye isi nri ruo afọ anọ.
N'etiti afọ ndị 1990, Lewis na otu ndị enyi malitere Society maka nyocha na Nchebe nke Southern Food.
Akwụkwọ nri ederede
Na latextxt, Lewis mebiri ụkwụ ya, a manyere ya ịkwụsị ịkụzi nri maka oge ụfọdụ. N'oge a, o kpebiri dee ụfọdụ n'ime ntụziaka ya. Nsonaazụ bụ Edna Lewis Cookbook. Iconic figures bụ James Beard na MKF
Fisher toro akwụkwọ ahụ. Akwụkwọ nri ya, bụ The Taste of Country Cooking (1976), bụ otu n'ime akwụkwọ edemede mbụ nke otu nwanyị America-America ga-abata n'otu mba na-ege ntị ma na-akwụ ụgwọ maka ịmaliteghachi mmasị na nri nke Southern.
Edna Lewis 'akwukwo di otutu ederede nke onwe ha dika akwukwo ndu. Ha nwere akụkọ ntolite dị ebube nke nri Southern na echiche ndị dị na ndụ ime obodo site na nwata. Akwụkwọ ya jupụtara na ndụmọdụ ndị a na-enweta n'oge ndụ ha. Ihe edna nke Edna gbasara ihe oriri ohuru na oge oge bu ihe ndi America na- eme.
Ihe ntinye ederede
Edna Lewis lụrụ Steve Kingston, onye nwụrụ na 1970. Ha nwere otu nwa nwoke a mụrụ (onye Afrika), Dr. Afeworki Paulos.
Na February 13, 2006, Edna Lewis nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ 89 na ụlọ ya na Decatur, Georgia.
Akara na Accolades
1986 - Edere onye bụ Onye Na-eri nri America na Cook's Magazine
1990 - Onyinye Nrite Akara IACP (International Assoc nke Ndị Ọkachamara Ọhịa)
1995 - Onyinye James Beard Ndụ Akara (Ihe mbụ ha nyere.)
1999 - Les Dames d'Escoffier, bụ òtù mba ụwa nke ndị ọkachamara na-eri nri na ndị inyom.
1999 - Award Achievement Award from Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) (Nke mbụ ha award.)
2002 - Barbara Tropp President's Award (WCR - Women Chefs & Restaurateurs)
2003 - Ntinye n'ime KitchenAid Cookbook Hall of Fame (James Beard)
2004 - Onyinye nke Southern Cooking nominated for James Beard Award and IACP Award
Akwụkwọ edemede
Edna Lewis Cookbook (Ecco 1989) (si na Bipute)
Nri nri nke mba (Knopf 1976)
Na nyocha nke flavor (Knopf 1988)
Onyinye nke Southern Cooking (na Scott Peacock) (Knopf 2003)