Known initially as macaroni pie, baked mac and cheese was created by James Hemings, an African American enslaved and trained as a culinary chef in France. Hemings was born in Virginia in 1765.

How African American Cuisine Transformed America" will be held on Feb. 5, alongside a community meal and a make-your-own ...

(If it doesn't have ridges, I don't want it.) "Macaroni and cheese is more important than the turkey. It's an African American proverb, you know." Forget the rudimentary stuff sold in a box or a ...