James Hemings : ghost in America's kitchen
The life, contributions, and erasure of America's culinary founding father are explored by food historians, celebrated chefs, experts on race and the African American diaspora. Through their words and the persistence of a curious chef, Ashbell McElveen, the life of America's missing icon comes into focus. Mac & Cheese, French fries, whipped cream, and many other foodie favorites disseminated from a slave kitchen in Charlottesville from the hands of America's first master chef, James Hemings." -- Container
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Physical Description
videodisc
1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Santa Monica, CA : Buffalo 8 ; Stage 3 ; Slated ; Cornerstone Pictures, 2023.
- Copyright ©2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Length of movie stated on disc is 94 minutes; actual length is 63 minutes, as stated on back cover. GMD: videodisc. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Camera, Tim Baldwin ... [et al.] ; original music, Pat Brennan. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Ashbell McElveen, Michael Twitty, Jacques Pepin, Toni Tipton-Martin, Therese Nelson, Howard Conyers, Glenn Ellis, Adrian Miller, Lashonda Green, Tonya Hopkins, Heather Johnston, and Kurt Evans as James Hemings. |
System Details Note: | DVD-R. |
Language Note: | English dialogue. |