#jameshemings

Google #jameshemings…I remember seeing some posts around the holidays about how #overrated #baked #macandcheese was. It was clear to me that these individuals were playing hide and seek as a child and were left long after the game was over still hiding…after dark. Come on by and get this hug and this plate of my mama’s Mac and Cheese. . #bxbbkbhm #blacketyblack #blackonblackbk #blackskin #blacknose #blacklips #blackhair #blackeverything #blacklivesmatter #blackgirlmagic #magicmagic #blackmagician #wefight #weresist #wewillwin #outfittingtherevolution #deconstructtheconstruct #blaaaaacknificent #blackpower #blackpride #supportblackbusiness #supportblackart (at Bedford-Stuyvesant) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2jZUaOB_f/?utm_medium=tumblr

Week 2 is now in the books.☺️ The weather was powerfully windy 🌬️ with bone chilling gusts, so I decided to introduce the kiddos to James Hemings' incredible creations. It was a perfect day for Mac n cheese 🧀. I told them of his extraordinary life and how we are using our leeks and herbs to make our early spring Garden Mac. A friend donated oodles of bags of mnms, so I upcycled them into treats. How perfect a time to introduce them to Ruth Wakefield and her legendary creation, the American chocolate chip cookie. 🍪🍪🍪. I also made some cranberry oat bars so we'd have enough for everyone. Because there were many gooey faces🤧 and sniffles, I taught them "demo" style and handled the prep myself. The kiddos sourced and washed the leek and herbs, helped pat the cookie dough in bars(with gloved hands), and "busted the suds"(washed the dishes). I had 7 non farmer class kids come by for a hot lunch and to listen to the lesson. It was awesome! We also got some more apples🍏 that the bigger kids washed and filled up the window basket. Almost every single kindergartner, prep, and 1st grader ate one!😯. Last week only a few dozen went, so we had almost 800% improvement. I aim to always have a grab-able snack in the window basket. The @24carrottas farm will be sending us a produce box this week to cook with. I'm already ruminating on a veg forward rice or 🍜 bowl. And a pitcher of iced green tea lemonade 🍋 #honeycjildscreole #24carrotgardens #kiddoscrops #jameshemings #ruthwakefield #gardentogobs #sowandeat #tasmanianproduce #gardenmac #cookies #wholefoodcooking #seasonal https://www.instagram.com/p/CTofITIB7SZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

#blackhistorymonth #Blackhistorymoment #JamesHemings (1765-1801) was a chef de cuisine, trained in Paris, yet he was born into slavery and lived much of his life enslaved. At thirty years of age, he negotiated for legal manumission and began his life as a free man. While in Paris, James Hemings was trained in the art of French cooking. He studied first with the caterer and restaurateur, Monsieur Combeaux, apprenticed with pastry chefs and then with a cook in the household of the Prince de Condé. After three years of study he became the head chef at the Hôtel de Langeac, Jefferson's residence that functioned also as the American embassy. (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK6YTk4F3VP/?igshid=18tla662yjxpb

Happy Black History Month * * * #blackhistorymonth #jameshemings #blackchefhistory #blackhistory #blackexcellence #chefsmithhhk #heavenshealthykitchen #veganhsv #huntsvillevegan #ihearthsv #huntsvilleal #huntsvillealabama #huntsvegan #hsv #yourhealthmatters #feedyoursoul #catering #eattoliveandlivewell #foodie #healthiswealth #eattolive #blackownedbusiness #healthyentrepreneur #plantbased #vegan #plantbasedlife #veganlove #healthylifestyle #veteranownedbusiness #entrepreneur (at Huntsville, Alabama) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8c_dPKFu5R/?igshid=9r6naa0c7o3z

[tfg repost of the @jameshemingsorg repost I wrote]: This portrait of #Hercules, enslaved Chef to General (and 1st President of the U.S.) George Washington, has mistakenly been assumed to be and used by the #foodmedia et. al as a picture of #JamesHemings — who was the enslaved Chef to #ThomasJefferson at @tjmonticello and in #Paris where a highly skilled and talented James became America’s first “classically trained” #ChefdeCuisine (of any color). He did not serve as the or a #WhiteHouseChef (although after his manumission he was “asked” / sent for by Jefferson to do just that...). Sadly there is no known portrait of James Hemings. That this portrait of Hercules was ever commissioned at all and survives to this day is a great gift to the culture. Thanks to @smithsonianmagazine (& Kelly Fanto Deetz / @professordeetz) for a great piece and @thankyoutees for the post, Looking fwd to keeping this critical culinary convo going.... ・・・ #Repost @thankyoutees with @get_repost: "It is the story of people like Chef Hercules, our nation’s first White House chef; and Emmanuel Jones, who used his skills to transition out of enslavement into a successful career cooking in the food industry, evading the oppressive trappings of sharecropping. It is also the story of countless unnamed cooks across the South, the details of their existences now lost." Read the full article at http://ow.ly/bm2l30l3Sdx. • #NoMoreHiddenFigures#BLACKhistoryisAmericanhistory#365black#blacklivesmatter#blackgirlmagic#blackboyjoy#racialequity#blackgirlfly#blavitylife#colorlines#blackstudies#myblackisbeautiful #thanksaredue #naturalhaircommunity #unsunghereos#tellblackstories#blackexcellence#blackmancan#weareblackhistory#staywoke /#blackrooting #blackculinaryhistory (at Brooklyn, New York)