[ [ [ Thomas Jeffersons Creme Brulee: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America[ THOMAS JEFFERSONS CREME BRULEE: HOW A FOUNDING FATHER AND HIS SLAVE JAMES HEMINGS INTRODUCED FRENCH CUISINE TO AMERICA ] By Craug
Format: hardcover
ASIN: B00AVGZNT6
Publish date: 2012-09-18
Publisher: Quirk Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Food,
American History,
Cookbooks,
France,
Cooking,
Food History,
18th Century
An entertaining mix of history and food, most of this book is spent on the time Thomas Jefferson was in Paris, along with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, as an ambassador of sorts for the newly formed United States. Jefferson took along his slave James Hemings--brother to Sally Hemings who joined ...
While this was interesting for the food history about French and American styles during the late eighteenth century, and Thomas Jefferson's time in France and Italy, this book was only mediocre for me. I was hoping that there would be more about people were eating, and what they were eating. But ins...
The enlightening story of Thomas Jefferson and James Hemings as they bring French cuisine first to the American palate. Of course, there is a lot more than the introduction of French Fries and Macaroni; Craughwell's tale of culinary adventure tells us a lot about the culture's of the time, the intro...
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