Mkazi wamtali, wolamulira, Edna Lewis nayenso anali chimphona kudziko lophikira komanso m'moyo. Adzukulu a akapolo omasulidwa, Edna amakula kuti akhale mkuphi wamkulu , ambassador wophikira chakudya, komanso woyang'anira zophika zenizeni zaku South. Adzawatsogolera mbadwo wa anyamata achichepere ndikuonetsetsa kuti miyambo ya kumwera sichiiwalika. Kuposa wophika luso, Edna Lewis anakhudza miyoyo ya anthu oyandikana nawo ndi chisomo ndi kukongola kwa moyo.
Anamwalira mu 2006 ali ndi zaka 89.
Ubwana
Edna Lewis anabadwa pa April 13, 1916, ku Freetown, ku Virginia. Iye anali mmodzi wa ana eyiti. Freetown ndi gulu laling'ono lakumidzi lomwe linakhazikitsidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 19 ndi akapolo atatu omasuka, omwe anali agogo a Lewis. Agogo ake aamunawo adayambanso sukulu yoyamba ku Freetown. Makalasi ankachitikira m'chipinda chake chodyera.
Kumayambiriro Kuphika Maphunziro
Lewis analandira luso lake lophika komanso chikondi chachiwongoladzanja komanso nyengo yomwe imakula ku Freetown, kumene zinthu zimenezi zinali mbali ya moyo. Anaphunzira zambiri kuphika kwake kwa aang'ono a Jenny. Ankagwiritsa ntchito chitofu chowotcha nkhuni kuti aziphika ndipo sankayenera kuyeza zipilala kapena mamba, m'malo mwake ankagwiritsa ntchito ndalama, ankagwiritsira ntchito ufa wophika pamatope, mchere wambiri, komanso soda. Lewis akunenedwa kuti adatha kunena pamene keke inangomangidwa mwakumvetsera.
Kuyambira kumudzi wawung'ono kupita ku New York City
Lewis anachoka ku Freetown ali ndi zaka 16, bambo ake atamwalira, ndipo anasamukira ku Washington kenako n'kupita ku New York City.
Ntchito zake zoyamba mumzinda wa New York zinaphatikizapo kusindikiza zovala komanso monga antchito a Daily Worker. Iye adachitanso nawo ndondomeko zandale ndikupempha Purezidenti Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Kuphika kwa Edna Lewis Kumakhala Lamulo
Ku New York, kuphika kwa Lewis kunamupangitsa mbiri yapafupi. Mu 1948, pamene azimayi aakazi anali ochepa ndipo akazi akudawa anali ochepa, Lewis anatsegula malo ake odyera limodzi ndi John Nicholson, wogulitsa kale komanso wolemba bohemian ali ndi kukoma kwa anthu apamwamba.
Café Nicholson, pa East 57th Street ku Manhattan, adapambana kwambiri.
Lewis anachita kuphika konse. Zakudya zake zinali zosavuta, chakudya chokoma chakumwera koma kanyumbako kanakopa nkhope zambiri zotchuka monga Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marlene Dietrich, ndi Diana Vreeland. Lewis anakhala ndi malesitilanti mpaka 1954. Café Nicholson anagulitsidwa mu 1999 kwa mkulu wotsogolera Patrick Woodside.
Ntchito Yachikulire
Lewis nayenso ankakhala ndikugwira ntchito mu Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; Decatur, Georgia (malo ake otsiriza okhalamo). Amaphunzitsa maphunzilo ophika, onse ovomerezeka ndi odziwa bwino. Maphunziro ake ndi mabuku ophika adakhudza ndi kuwuza ana ang'ombe ambirimbiri. Lewis anasuta pantchito monga mkuphi mu 1992. Ntchito yake yophika yomaliza inali ku Gage & Tollner ku Brooklyn kumene iye anali mkuphi kwa zaka zinayi.
Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1990, Lewis ndi gulu la mabwenzi anayamba Society for Revival and Preservation of Southern Food.
Wolemba mabuku wa Cookbook
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, Lewis adathyola mwendo wake ndipo adakakamizika kusiya kuphika professionally kwa kanthawi. Panthawiyi, adaganiza zolemba zina mwa maphikidwe ake. Zotsatira zake zinali Edna Lewis Cookbook. Zithunzi zamakono James ndevu ndi MKF
Fisher adayamikira bukhuli. Buku lake lodziwika bwino lotchedwa Country Cooking (1976), linali limodzi mwa mabuku ophika ophikira ndi amayi a ku Africa ndi Aamerica kuti akafikire anthu onse ndipo akuyamikiridwa chifukwa chobwezeretsanso chidwi cha kuphika kwenikweni kwa South.
Mabuku a Edna Lewis ndi maumboni ambiri omwe ali nawo pomwe akusonkhanitsa maphikidwe. Zili ndi mbiri zochititsa chidwi za chakudya cha Kummwera ndi zowonekera kumidzi yakumidzi kuyambira ali mwana. Mabuku ake ali odzaza ndi malangizo omwe amapezeka kuchokera kuphika. Mitu ya Edna yopereka upainiya pa zakudya zatsopano ndi nyengo zomwe zisanachitike ku America .
Zolemba Zowonjezera
Edna Lewis anakwatiwa ndi Steve Kingston, yemwe adamwalira m'ma 1970. Iwo anali ndi mwana mmodzi wobadwa (mbadwa ya Africa), Dr. Afeworki Paulos.
Pa February 13, 2006, Edna Lewis anamwalira ali ndi zaka 89 kunyumba kwake ku Decatur, ku Georgia.
Zopereka ndi Zokongola
1986 - Amatchedwa Who's Who in American Cooking by Cook's Magazine
1990 - Mphoto ya Pakati pa Moyo Wonse IACP (Padziko Lonse la Ophunzira Amakono)
1995 - James Beard Living Legend Awards (Mphoto yawo yoyamba.)
1999 - Grande Dame wotchedwa Les Dames d'Escoffier, bungwe lapadziko lonse la akatswiri ophikira.
1999 - Mphoto ya Lifetime Achievement Award kuchokera ku Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) (Mphoto yawo yoyamba.)
2002 - Mphoto ya Pulezidenti wa Barbara Tropp (WCR - Akazi Akazi Akazi)
2003 - Analowetsedwa ku KitchenAid Cookbook Hall of Fame (James Beard)
2004 - Mphatso Yachigawo Chophika Chophika idasankhidwa chifukwa cha mphoto ya James Beard ndi IACP Mphoto
Cookbooks
The Edna Lewis Cookbook (Ecco 1989) (Kuchokera mu Chithunzi)
Kukoma kwa Dziko Kuphika (Kumanga 1976)
Kutsata Flavour (Chaka cha 1988)
Mphatso Yachimwera Kuphika (ndi Scott Peacock) (Chidziwitso cha 2003)