The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society will meet virtually at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 12. The meeting will feature a talk by Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz about her book, Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine.
In relating the history and legacy of enslaved plantation cooks, Dr. Deetz draws upon archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records and folklore to… [to-view-more]