"Christine Dabney" > wrote
>
> Yes, I have those. I like them very, very much.
>
> I have books by Damon Lee Fowler, by James Villas, by Bill Neal, by
> the Lee Brothers, and I forget who else. Oh, and Edna Lewis. LOL.
> The first book I got of hers was The Taste of Country Cooking, and I
> then proceeded to collect all of her books over the years.
>
> My collection of books on Southern food encompass 1 1/2 bookshelves,
> and I still collect more. Even though I grew up in Virginia and know
> a lot of what Edna Lewis talks about, I still want to and can learn
> more about the regional cooking of the South. It is my heritage, and
> I am proud of it. This essay of Edna Lewis speaks to me about the
> wonder of southern food, and the culture from which it came.
>
> Yes some of the southern food that has emerged is awful and not really
> a good representation of how good it can be. Paula Deen is an example
> of this, to my mind. When I compare the food/cooking of Paula Deen
> and that of Edna Lewis, there is just no comparison. Edna Lewis and
> her expression of Southern food is miles beyond Paula Deen, at least
> to me.
>

Do you have Mama Dip's books among your collection?