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Freetown
Freetown is located in Virginia
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Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Freetown is located in the United States
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Freetown (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°02′54″N 78°42′44″W / 38.04833°N 78.71222°W / 38.04833; -78.71222
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyAlbemarle
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1675258[1]

Freetown is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.[1]

In 1976, former resident and famous chef Edna Lewis wrote The Taste of Country Cooking to preserve the rich flavors of her childhood, but also to celebrate the place she came from, Freetown, Virginia. Former slaves, including her grandfather, bought the land and founded a vibrant farming community whose rhythms revolved around the crops they planted, harvested and transformed into dishes like green peas in cream, ham biscuits and fresh peach cobbler with nutmeg sauce.[2] Because of the wide popularity of Ms. Lewis and her books, the recipes and traditions of Freetown are among the most widely known of the American culinary milieux.

Notable people

  • Edna Lewis, African-American cookbook author and chef, noted for Southern Cuisine

References

  1. ^ a b "Freetown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "A 'Taste of Southern Cooking', 30 Years Later". NPR.org. Retrieved Oct 4, 2019.