# Edna Lewis

> Edna Regina Lewis was a renowned American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking. She championed the use of fresh, in season ingredients and characterized Southern food as fried chicken, pork, and fresh vegetables - most especially greens. She wrote and co-wrote four books which covered Southern cooking and life in a small community of freed slaves and their descendants, including The Taste of Country Cooking and In Pursuit of Flavor.

*American chef*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Chef
- **Category:** Chefs
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1916-04-13
- **Died:** 2006-02-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Edna Regina Lewis was a renowned American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking. She championed the use of fresh, in season ingredients and characterized Southern food as fried chicken, pork, and fresh vegetables - most especially greens. She wrote and co-wrote four books which covered Southern cooking and life in a small community of freed slaves and their descendants, including The Taste of Country Cooking and In Pursuit of Flavor.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 53.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Edna Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Lewis)
- [Edna Lewis](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Lewis)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5340065)

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