Here’s some Sunday dinner Tee:
It is often assumed that Black folk are naturals in the kitchen.
And we are.
It is rarely acknowledged that cooking, is an art. Craft.
Here’s some acknowledgement:
Thomas Jefferson is credited with popularizing Macaroni and Cheese in the South.
We know Thomas wan’t in the kitchen stirring a béchamel sauce.
That would be James Hemings.
James Hemings an enslaved man, was Jefferson’s valet, chauffeur, and chef during the late 18th century in Monticello. In the Spring of 1783, by Jefferson’s command, Hemings trained under a French chef in Annapolis, before undergoing even more training with chefs of five star kitchens of 18th century France.
After his training, he became the head chef at Jefferson’s palace in Paris, where he supervised a French-speaking staff for Jefferson’s extravagant dinners.
Find out more at @jameshemingsorg
Stoop and Stank wrapped this lesson up in this feel good hoodie. Go ahead and grab yourself a reminder of history.