WILLIAMSBURG, VA-FEB 09: (L) Michael Twitty and Stefanie Dunn, a domestic arts specialist at Colonial Williamsburg, work to put the traditional meal together. Twitty is cutting up an onion and Dunn is breaking up collard green leaves.
Culinary scholar and historic chef Michael Twitty did a cooking demonstration performed in the tradition of an enslaved person at the Great Hopes Plantation on the grounds of Colonial Williamsburg. Dressed in period clothes (mid-1700’s) he made a meal from scratch using utensils and methods from the early slave era in the United States. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
