Vegetable Garden and Orchard
Monticello's expansive garden terrace and orchards served as both a source of food and an experimental laboratory.
"no nation is drunken where wine is cheap"
-Thomas Jefferson, 1818
Monticello's expansive garden terrace and orchards served as both a source of food and an experimental laboratory.
A collection of historic recipes from the kitchens of Mary Randolph, author of The Virginia House-Wife with commentary by culinary historian and gardener Leni Sorensen, PhD.
Ten essays discuss topics such as the groceries and wine imported from Europe, the recent kitchen restoration and the African Americans who participated in Monticello's rich food culture at every stage. Seventy-five delicious recipes from Jefferson family manuscripts, updated by editor Damon Lee Fowler, are authentic to the period and accessible to today's home cook.
Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington.
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