The Taste of Country Cooking

Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A stunning 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most beloved cookbooks of all time, by “the empress of Southern cooking” ( The New Yorker ). Beautifully repackaged and redesigned, with a new foreword by Toni Tipton-Martin. With the publication of The Taste of Country Cooking , Edna Lewis proudly announced the food of the American South as one of the world’s great cuisines. From Baked Virginia Ham and Corn Muffins to Oyster Stew and Lemon Meringue Pie, in its pages Miss Lewis (as she was almost