For Edna’s dish, I use white beans, such as navy or cannellini or Great Northern, and they cook a lot faster than red kidneys, so I set the multicooker to a mere 30 minutes.

For Lewis’s dish, I use white beans, such as navy, cannellini or Great Northern, and they cook a lot faster than red kidneys, so I set the multicooker to a mere 30 minutes.

Southern Baked Beans. This veganized version of Edna Lewis’ baked beans recipe from her classic “The Taste of Country Cooking” uses onion and tomato for a touch of sweetness, and the Instant ...

Lewis’s impact on modern Southern cooking is immense, but the woman behind the food is not quite the public figure she deserves to be. In 1972, Lewis published her first cookbook, co-written ...