So sad to wake up this morning and find that Edna Lewis, queen of Southern cuisine, had passed away. Here’s the the New York Times obit.

We’ve eaten her fried chicken (fried in butter and lard flavored with country ham–see, I told you she was the queen of Southern cuisine) many times chez Tamara, not to mention her apple cake with salt caramel topping.

Sniff.

(Here are links to her two most popular books on Amazon: The Taste of Country Cooking and The Gift of Southern Cooking. The latter has the life-changing fried chicken recipe in it.)