Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, Author, and Vice President of Collections and Public Engagement at Stratford Hall
This Washington Heritage Museums Speaker Series lecture will draw from archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond.