The Edna Lewis Cookbook.

LEWIS, Edna and Evangeline Peterson.

Item Number: 141470

New York: The Ecco Press, 1984.

First printing of this edition of Lewis’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Edna Lewis March 1984.” Laid into the book is a gilt edge handwritten menu card for March 19, 1984. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Reg Perry. Jacket photograph by John T. Hill. Rare and desirable signed.

The Edna Lewis Cookbook, Lewis's first book, published in 1972, contains over 100 recipes, arranged in menu form and organized according to the season of the year: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Christmas. With its focus mostly although not exclusively on Southern food, it began the revival of true Southern cooking.