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The documentary reveals the dish was actually the brainchild of one James Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved chef, and the first American to train as a chef in France.
Writer Micha Green points out in Afro.com that mac and cheese is “truly the pinnacle of Black American dishes, culture,” and that, “while Thomas Jefferson is credited with bringing macaroni and cheese to the Americas, it was the work of his enslaved chef, James Hemings, that put the dish on the proverbial map and made it the truly celebrated dish of Americans to this day.”