The Taste of Country Cooking

• Dimensions: 9.25” L x 7.25” W
• 288 pages
• Material: Hardcover
• Printed in New York

First published in 1976, The Taste of Country Cooking is a tribute to the rhythms of seasonal life and the Virginia farming community that shaped Edna Lewis, renowned American chef, teacher and author.

Part memoir, part culinary guide, each Southern recipe and story celebrate simple ingredients, careful technique, and the enduring connection between good food and the land it comes from. Considered one of the most important cookbooks of the 20th century, it remains just as inspiring fifty years later.  

Why we love it:

• A landmark of American food writing.
• Organized by seasons and menus. It begins with “An Early Spring Dinner after Sheep-Shearing” and ends, in winter, with “A Dinner of Chicken and Dumplings and Warm Gingerbread.”
• Cooking through this book helped make the South feel like home for our founders Connie and Alex.