Patchwork The Starving Gypsy

Today's episode is about the inventor, entrepreneur, electrician, Army Veteran and innovator that was Frederick McKinley Jones.

Known to hold up to 61 patents before his death. His works span the fields of refrigeration, engineering, and audio visual.

A true testament that you don't have to always start at the bottom. It is possible to take what you know at the top and work your way back to a stronger foundation.

Frederick McKinley Jones, Inventor born - African American Registry (aaregistry.org)

Lineage | Black History in the Cold Chain: Frederick McKinley Jones (onelineage.com)

Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961) • (blackpast.org)



RECOMMENDED READING:

Cooking For The Culture - Toya Boudy

Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table: Boudy, Toya: 9781682687451: Amazon.com: Books

New Orleans Chef, Author, & Culinarian (toyaboudy.com)


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Tomorrow, we kick of Black History Month for the 2024, which means it's time to talk about some of the creatives, innovators and shapeshifters that contributed to some of the foundational work in the food, beverage & hospitality industry.

It's going to be a wild ride so strap in!!!


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Majority of my career, I was expected to put up with nonsense, clean up what had been the normal mediocrity, learn every position, fill in everyone's gaps at the expense of my well being and self respect. This was part of the reason why I knew if I was going to continue to be in this business, I was going to have to give myself the lane to create my own narrative. 

Its not my space to save everyone else's world at the expense of your own. 


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The chef, the activist, the woman, the scholar. Today, we are going to talk about one of my personal heroes, Mrs. Leah Chase. 

Recommended Reading: All Things Leah related

Amazon.com: Leah Chase: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle


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A small bit of insight into FDR's White House Chef. 



Recommended Reading: The President's Kitchen Cabinet by Adrian Miller

The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas: Miller, Adrian: 9781469632537: Amazon.com: Books


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Today, we are going to talk about a Tulsa, Oklahoma native who fused the journeys she had in life with the food that was created along the way in her memoirs aptly titled, "Cleora's Kitchen." 

Recommended Reading:  Jubilee by Toni-Tipton Martin

Jubilee (Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking): Tipton-Martin, Toni: 9781524761738: Amazon.com: Books


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