food history
Indigo House Celebrates 3 Centuries of Southern Women Chefs
There is room at the table! Fri, June 18th and Sat, June 19 each have one table for two ready for a reservation! Our dinner will introduce you to women in a 1770s kitchen and to the enslaved cooks in Mary…
Farmstead Dinner Menus: Join me, there is still room at the table
June 5 / June 6 The Global Dining Table; A Dish of Curry with Rice in Mary Randolph’s 1810 Richmond The ingredients in the recipes for tonight’s dinner tells the story of voyages to Africa, the Spice…
Leni cooks on the Monticello Stew Stove
I had so much fun a few weeks ago. I did my first livestream from the historic Monticello kitchen. I’ve always loved to cook on the hearth but this time I cooked on the stew stove while fielding questions from…
Indigo House Front Porch Dinners
Dear Food Folks: There are only 6 more weekends to enjoy my fall history cuisine series at Indigo House. Welcome and enjoy the front porch of my farmstead home where you will hear the rush of the river, enjoy the…
“It Takes a World to Make a Meal: The Human Costs of Feeding Virginia’s Elites”, a talk at VCU
On Wednesday Feb 5 I gave a talk “It Takes a World to Make a Meal: The Human Costs of Feeding Virginia’s Elites.” at the VCU Tompkins-McCaw Library for Health Sciences in Richmond in conjunction with the traveling National Library…
Dear Friends of Indigo House
Heading into 2020 I want to thank all of my friends and supporters and I’ve had an inspiration. Over the seasons of this New Year I want to share with you some of my favorite recipes (some historic – some…
