#black chefs
Day 27 of Black History Month And I’m honoring Rufus Estes. He was a former slave who worked as a chef aboard luxury railway cars operated by the Pullman Company in the 19th century. He was born in Murray County, Tennessee, one of nine children. Two of his brothers died during the American Civil War. He was one of the very first African Americans to publish a cookbook.
A Cook Who Never Used a Cookbook Now Has Her Own
Read at your own risk (of wanting to eat every recipe ASAP)
