My Ancestors are Working Through My Fingers

Juneteenth and High on the Hog have me in a very reflective mood as we near the celebration of the founding of this country. Did you know that macaroni & cheese and fine dining are the creation of black men who were enslaved? James Hemings and Hercules were owned by Presidents Jefferson and Washington. James Hemings and Hercules where widely known for a cooking style that could not be replicated by Europeans. That unique ability to create amazing is in our DNA. All that we do is replicated – our food, our music, our spirit, our style. We are the blueprint, literally.