Before enslaved Chef James Hemings, America’s first classically-trained chef de cuisine (in the French culinary arts, in France 1784-1789) with several recipes for the firm style of vanilla icecream we all expect today, “ice cream was more like a milkshake” ~ JHS founder, Chef Ashbell McElveen shared ….
There’s so much more to the story and the strong connections between vanilla ice cream and James Hemings as well as other Black/African heritage innovators (enslaved and free )— throughout the Americas / New World and as far away as Réunion and Madagascar across the a shared, human historic timeline. Lucky you, the Patreon and Substack versions of this post contain a comprehensive list of hyperlinks to the plethora of content that I’ve either created or contributed considerably to dedicated to this very topic.
for now enjoy this carousel of vanilla ice cream visual treats from my iphone and past projects — can you guess which ONE is vegan vanilla?
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For more SCOOP check out:
🟣 All the hidden history I scoop up in my TFG Podcast Episode on the origins of ice cream in America …
🟡 The “Chasing Flavor with Chef Carla Hall” — In Ice cream episode (streaming on HBO’s MAX) I’m featured in as the Culinary Historian providing even more ice cream insight & scoop
🟠 A previous Milk Street Radio Summer series episode where I serve up other aspects of the (previously) hidden history of the origins of American ice cream to host Christopher Kimball …
+ the mini video Milk Street produced where I share the story of James Hemings & Vanilla Ice Cream
🟢 There’s also more ice cream scoop in the JAMES HEMINGS HUB I’ve set up on LinkTree — + also learn why I started referring to this month as #JamesHemingsJuly …
🔵 Book me directly for Ice Cream-themed Culinary History Talks (& Tastings!) — This hyperlink shows an example of a similar one I did for Lefferts Historic House a summer or so ago.
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