Thank You, James Hemings (the man who brought you mac and cheese)

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You know it and love it, but did you realize who was responsible for bringing macaroni and cheese into your life? Learn about James Hemings, the enslaved man who traveled to France and trained in French cuisine, this week on Footnoting History! 

Host: Kristin

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Further Reading

Thomas J. Craughwell, Thomas Jefferson’s Crème Brûlée: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America, Quirk Books, 2012.
 
Annett Gordon-Reed, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, University of Virginia Press, 1998.
 
Annett Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, WW Norton & company, 2009.
 
Andres O’Hara, “The Enslaved Chefs at Monticello Who Created American Cuisine,” The Sporkful with Dan Pashman, https://www.sporkful.com/the-enslaved-chefs-at-monticello-who-created-american-cuisine/
 
“The Life of James Hemings,” Monticello, https://www.monticello.org/jameshemings/

Image

Kitchen of Plantation House - Monticello - Charlottesville - Virginia - USA, Adam Jones, 2014.

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Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)