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Would love to go back to Monticello
I went to Mount Vernon and Monticello, long ago. My parents took us there in our youth, when it was easier to take us out of school. Apparently I was the one who soaked up the most information (see the Night Calls novels, set in the early 1800s.)
Jefferson's French-style soup and stew stove was commonplace in Europe, rare in the United States. There was a lot of reverse snobbery about French cooking. But Jefferson loved it and made sure his household staff knew how to cook in the French manner.
Describing enough of the kitchen to make sense is a trick, however. Cousin Esme has a stew stove in her kitchen, supporting copper saucepans and fish kettles. And has on staff a European-trained chef, the formidable Mrs. Gardener. This figures into one of the unique ways the Livingston school instills respect for people who have different skills than you do.
I hope to go back someday. Things have changed, as restoration continues.
Jefferson's French-style soup and stew stove was commonplace in Europe, rare in the United States. There was a lot of reverse snobbery about French cooking. But Jefferson loved it and made sure his household staff knew how to cook in the French manner.
Describing enough of the kitchen to make sense is a trick, however. Cousin Esme has a stew stove in her kitchen, supporting copper saucepans and fish kettles. And has on staff a European-trained chef, the formidable Mrs. Gardener. This figures into one of the unique ways the Livingston school instills respect for people who have different skills than you do.
I hope to go back someday. Things have changed, as restoration continues.