Emily Meggett spent her entire life on Edisto Island cooking for her community — the first major Gullah Geechee cookbook, published just before her passing at 90, is a testament to a woman, a place, and a culinary tradition that is the living root of so much of what we call American food.
Emily Meggett spent her entire life on Edisto Island cooking for her community — the first major Gullah Geechee cookbook, published just before her passing at 90, is a testament to a woman, a place, and a culinary tradition that is the living root of so much of what we call American food.