I refer to a lot of resources to research topics for this cultural and culinary calendar and stumbled upon several different namesake days. Today for example is “James Day” and I decided that since we don’t know, James Hemings birth date nor his exact death date (a la Harriette’s — see March 10 post) why not celebrate him today in addition to his FREEDOM DATE from Thomas Jefferson which we now know happened on on February 5, 1796 …

James Hemings story is so significant to uniquely American culinary history. One of the perks for my paid Patreon supporters is the opportunity to access all kinds of extraintel, history, cultural commentaries , interviews and such on the topics they find interesting. Join my PATREON and i’ll see you there where you can get much more scoop — and of course sips!… (And if you’re already a Patreon supporter I look fwd to you redeeming your perks;)…

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PS. It’s national pet day too :) — and i just might launch the world’s cutest cat caterer channel on IG :)