My First Indigo House talk on YouTube!
I am so excited to share the link to my first YouTube talk! The learning curve on the digital world has been steep for me but I’m beginning to get the hang of it – I think. So watch Lets…
“Summer 1795: A James Hemings Dinner”
On Saturday, June 22, 2019 I will be celebrating the early summer 224 years ago when Chef James Hemings cooked at Monticello. Archaeologists have recently uncovered the original hearth and stew stoves on which Hemings taught his brother Peter the…
Monticello Hearth Cooking at the Heritage Harvest Festival 2016
This coming Friday (Sept 9th) culinary historian Michael Twitty will join me at the Monticello kitchen hearth for a celebration of enslaved cooks Edith Fossett and Frances Hern; their skills and their lives. We will prepare a menu of recipes…
