James Hemings: Ghost in America's Kitchen

Streaming video - 2022

The life, contributions, and erasure of America’s culinary founding father are explored by food historians, celebrated chefs, experts on race and the African American diaspora. Through their words and the persistence of a curious chef, Ashbell McElveen, the life of America’s missing icon comes into focus. Mac & Cheese, French fries, whipped cream, and many other foodie favorites disseminated from a slave kitchen in Charlottesville from the hands of America’s first master chef, James Hemings.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Buffalo 8 Productions 2022.
2023.
Language
English
Other Authors
Anthony Werhun (film director), Ashbell McElveen (actor), Jacques Pepin, Michael Twitty
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (63 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).