A Day to Remember the Genius of George Washington Carver!

“A botanist, chemist, professor, and tireless advocate for African-American empowerment, he was the Beyoncé of the early 20th-century scientific community.”

from “My Crush on George Washington Carver” By: THERESE NELSON in “Taste Cooking” . READ ENTIRE super informative and interesting POST VIA the link above….

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Today is also Whipped Cream Day! ….

We can all thank Chef James Hemings (b. 1765) for facilitating Americans familiarity with this delicacy :

“…Hemings returned to slavery in America, bringing with him revolutionary changes to traditional colonial hearth cooking. Meringues, crème brulée, French-style crème Chantilly (whipped cream) and continental European-style macaroni and cheese can all be traced back to his training in Paris.

~ from “History On A Plate: The Chef James Hemings Tribute Dinner Tour “ (2016-2017, by Chef Ashbell McElveen and The James Hemings Society

Want to know more about Chef James, America’s first classically trained chef (while held in bondage by Thomas Jefferson) ? To find out more on his surprisingly profound impact on the development of American cuisine, watch this well done documentary (yup, yours truly makes a cameo!): James Hemings: Ghost in America's Kitchen…

“HOW TO MAKE WHIPPED CREAM!

ENJOY THIS FUN EASY DEMO BY CHEF CARLA HALL:

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