Scott Alves Barton, formerly named one of the top 25 African American chefs by Ebony magazine, contextualizes Lewis as a culinary icon in his three-part essay. He emphasizes her importance to the African diaspora by giving a detailed account of how her life’s work—food—mingled so inseparably with black history.
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