U.S. Census Bureau Black History Month Feature for Feb. 4

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily Black History Month feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4: EDNA LEWIS

Profile America for the fourth day of Black History Month. Edna Lewis was a tiny woman who strode large on the stage of life and especially the culinary world. One of eight children born in the little hamlet of Freetown, Virginia, she learned true southern cooking from her Aunt Jenny, using a wood-fired stove. In 1948, when an African-American female chef was a rarity, she opened a restaurant in New York City. Lewis wrote several cookbooks, among them the classic "The Taste of Country Cooking." In the U.S. today, there are 345,000 chefs and head cooks, 21 percent female, and just over 12 percent African-American. This special edition of Profile America for is a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau, conducting the 2010 Census beginning April 1st.  

Sources: Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 596

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).  

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