Bang!Zoom! Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/07/meet-edith-and-fanny-thomas-jeffersons-enslaved-master-chefs/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=20120709&utm_content=foodandthinkthomasjeffersonmasterchef This was in the Smithsonian feed today, really looks cool. Intro: While Julia Child may have popularized French cuisine in America, she wasn’t the first to lend it prominence in our culinary culture—that credit goes to Thomas Jefferson. Perhaps more precisely, credit should go to the slaves in Jefferson’s kitchen who were trained to cook in this style and were producing meals every day of the year. These highly-skilled people were running the kitchen of one of the most powerful men in the fledgling nation, and yet, their personal stories are aggravatingly elusive because few people thought to write about “the help.†The forthcoming book, Thomas Jefferson’s Crème Brûlée, focuses on Jefferson’s life in France, during which time he made a deal with slave James Hemings that if he learned the art of French cooking and imparted this knowledge to another slave, James would receive his freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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