Cooking With Miklb

Well, I haven't gotten around to taking down the "library" and expanding on my cookbook reviews/recommendations, but I did come across a small publisher in Oregon that has some fun and funky cook books. I have a small collection of mid-1900's cookbooks/pamphlets that feature some brand or another's products. The one from Tabasco

Edna Lewis, 89, Dies; Wrote Cookbooks That Revived Refined Southern Cuisine - New York TimesAs a young cook living in Denver, I used to go to Tattered Cover book store and read cookbooks on my days off if I wasn't out thrifting. It's been a life time since I've been there, but I remember clearly the basement, a clearance section of sorts. I would scour the cookbooks, looking for gems to take home. One that stands out was this one. Though only a first generation Southerner, my paternal side of the family was quite rural, and many of those traits marry well with the southern food. So I would read Miss Lewis's book, and find a marriage between my past and present, all the while gain a love and appreciation for food that is still at the core of my existence today. I can say I'm a better cook because I discovered Edna Lewis, and I will cherish both the memories of my discovery of her cooking, as well as that cookbook, which I just retrieved from beside my bed, as I still find reading her anecdotes far more inspiring than a recipe. Thank you Miss Lewis, and may you rest in peace.