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“When the leaves began to fall, all the visitors were gone, and the whistle from the train passing through Orange gave a long, lonesome, shrill sound as it rolled through without stopping to let off any passengers.”
Edna Lewis, The Taste of Country Cooking
“Ham held the same rating as the basic black dress. If you had a ham in the meat house, any situation could be faced.”
Edna Lewis, The Taste of Country Cooking
“One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food.”
Edna Lewis
“My mother died when I was 18. Up until then, I never saw a tin can in my house. (Washington Post interview, 1990)”
Edna Lewis
“Southern is a hot summer day that brings on a violent thunderstorm, cooling the air and bringing up smells of the earth that tempt us to eat the soil.”
Edna Lewis
“Women didn't 'learn' how to cook - you were born knowing how.”
Edna Lewis

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