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The Enslaved Chefs At Monticello Who Created American Cuisine

The half-French, half-Virginian food at Thomas Jefferson's plantation.

2 | When Black Chefs Created Plantation Food

We tour the kitchens of one of America's most famous plantations, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, with three descendants of enslaved Virginians.