Finding Edna Lewis

Host Deb Freeman and chef Amethyst Ganaway do a cookout with Lowcountry spiced shark and an Edna Lewis sensibility in a Charleston backyard.

James Beard Award-winning chef Mashama Bailey reveals how her Savannah restaurant takes daily inspiration from Edna Lewis.

From Freetown, Virginia, to New York City, Edna Lewis carved a remarkable path. She introduced many Americans to seasonal cooking, Southern cooking — the cooking of the Black community in rural Virginia that raised her. Yet despite a life that included fame and acclaim, she is not a household name. In FINDING EDNA LEWIS, Deb Freeman travels to the places where Miss Lewis made her mark.