It is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is the best example of a particular type of thing. For example, "The Taj Mahal is an epitome of how love can create something magnificent."
It's the epitome of how to create modern ultra-luxury.
Plus, the show stands as the epitome of how friendship should be.
Harrison, who brings all of those qualities, is therefore the epitome of how Vieira has changed this team.
Both on and off the field, they were the epitome of how not to run a franchise.
Time was when the only ball handling tight-heads indulged in was of the bag-snatching variety, but the 23-year old Cole is the epitome of how the position has been transformed.
Since his wife, Candace, pushed to remodel it a couple years ago, their restaurant has become, as Keith O'Brien wrote in last weekend's magazine, the epitome of how McDonald's has been rebuilding its image — by making customers feel better about eating at McDonald's.
"He is like a butterfly, but at the same time he is the epitome of manliness" was how Count Harry Kessler described the electrifying Nijinsky in 1909.
With everything that he has seen and everything that he knows, Mr. Olisa is that rare thing, the epitome of diversity no matter how you choose to define it.
Funny how the epitome of the sports TV partnership -- the NBC-N.B.A. marriage -- exists only in memory.
Sure, most cellphones are the epitome of trendiness, but just think how cool you'll be if you hark back to the 1980s with AirCassette, an app that turns your iPhone into a cassette player.
A figure from Kepler's "Epitome of Copernican Astronomy". It shows how the universe is filled with stars, surrounding the solar system (from: tychogirl).
