Bringing to Light the Cuisine of Hercules Posey, George Washington's Enslaved Chef
Briefly

While George Washington celebrated his 65th birthday, his celebrated chef, Hercules Posey, slipped from the meager enslaved quarters, finding his freedom, lost to history for the next 200 years.
Posey's contributions to high American cuisine largely remain unknown because of his status as an enslaved person and a lack of recipes in his own hand.
Read at www.nytimes.com
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