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Some kitchen stories are complicated—full of mystery and missing pieces—the truth hidden by time. No photographs to capture them, little historical record to go on. Black Chefs, White House is one of these stories. In this piece, Hidden Kitchens turns its focus to the President’s kitchen and to some of the first cooks to feed the Founding Fathers—the enslaved chefs of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
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Piece Description
Some kitchen stories are complicated—full of mystery and missing pieces—the truth hidden by time. No photographs to capture them, little historical record to go on. Black Chefs, White House is one of these stories. In this piece, Hidden Kitchens turns its focus to the President’s kitchen and to some of the first cooks to feed the Founding Fathers—the enslaved chefs of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:This Hidden Kitchens story explores the lives of two men who fed the founding fathers. Both were slaves, the first of many African American cooks to serve U.S. presidents. The Kitchen Sisters, Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, visit the president’s kitchen and some of the chefs who cooked there.
OUTRO:Produced by The Kitchen Sisters, Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, mixed by Jim McKee.
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