When President George Washington celebrated his 65th birthday at a ball in Philadelphia, his chef Hercules Posey was an underrated part of the equation, writes Ramin Ganeshram for The New York Times.
Among them, there was Hercules Posey, an enslaved man who worked as George Washington’s personal chef at Mount Vernon, and later prepared lavish meals for Washington and his guests at the ...
Among them, there was Hercules Posey, an enslaved man who worked as George Washington’s personal chef at Mount Vernon, and later prepared lavish meals for Washington and his guests at the president’s ...