FOODWAYS AND GARDENS
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Cooking
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Janice Canaday,
    Williamsburg, Virginia
Janice Canaday is an experienced
cook and caterer, who follows
her own and traditional African
American recipes. When she
was younger, Canaday assisted
her mother in cooking and
catering. She still prepares her
mother's favorite dishes.

Dawn Chesser,
    Saxis, Accomack County, Virginia
Dawn Chesser runs the Holden
Creek Gun Club with her husband,
Grayson Chesser. Dawn is well
known on the Eastern Shore for
her down-home cooking. She
participated in the 2004 Mid-Atlantic
Maritime Communities program of
the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Amanda Cottrell,
    Ashford, Kent, England
Amanda Cottrell is Chair of the
Kent Tourism Alliance and Patron
of Produced in Kent. As the
High Sheriff of Kent from 2006
to 2007, she promoted Kentish
food and wine. Cottrell is also
an accomplished cook, who has
roots in England and Virginia.

Frances Davis, Rocky Mount,
    Franklin County, Virginia
Frances Davis was the oldest
girl in a large family of tobacco
sharecroppers. When she
was twelve, she took charge
of the cooking. Her family
tended large gardens, canned
their own vegetables, and
cured their own meats.

Marième Diène,
    Ndjilasséme, Senegal, West Africa
Marième Diène is an experienced
cook from a peanut-growing
community. She prepares
peanut dishes, such as tigadege
(peanut mash), dahine (millet
mixed with peanut butter and
chicken), basey (couscous with
ground roasted peanuts), and
mafe (peanut butter stew).

Mo Joslin,
    Tilmanstone, Kent, England
Mo Joslin has researched recipes
that use local produce, such as hop
shoots, fruit, and honey. She is the
author of the cookbook Kentish
Fare (2000) and has been featured
on the BBC's Web site. She has
also developed her own line of
jams, jellies, and chutneys under
the Farmhouse Kitchen label.
www.farmhousekitchen.net

Patrice Olivon,
    Arlington County, Virginia
Patrice Olivon was born in Morocco
and was raised in southern France.
He moved to Virginia in 1979
and, for twelve years, served as
Executive Chef at the French
Embassy in Washington. Chef
Olivon is a strong proponent of
Virginia culinary traditions and
champions the role of Virginia in
the transformation of American
cooking over the past thirty years.
www.tablefor8online.com

Clevie H. Wingate, Elk Creek,
    Grayson County, Virginia
With her grandmother's help,
Clevie Wingate baked her first
cake when she was six and has
been cooking ever since. An
accomplished "country cook,"
her specialties include pound
cake and prune cake. She likes
to cook with fresh vegetables
from her garden and is an expert
at canning and freezing.

Brunswick Stew

John D. Clary and The Proclamation
    Stew Crew, Lawrenceville,
Brunswick County, Virginia
Stew chefs apprentice with a
"stewmaster," a position that
takes years to attain. After
joining the Lawrenceville
Volunteer Fire Department in
1973, John D. Clary learned to
cook Brunswick stew under
Stewmaster Thomas McGuire. In
1988, Clary became Stewmaster.

Gardening
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Formal Garden
George Carter,
    North Elmham, Norfolk, England
George Carter, one of Britain's
most eminent designers, creates
garden designs and exhibitions.
In his early career, he was a
museum and exhibition designer
at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Arts. He has published six books
and numerous articles.

Sophia Sidney,
    Tonbridge, Kent, England
Set in the rural Weald of Kent,
surrounded by picturesque
countryside and ancient parkland,
Penshurst Place and Gardens has
changed little over the centuries.
This medieval masterpiece has been
the seat of the Sidney family since
1552. www.penshurstplace.com

Provision Garden

Michael Twitty, Rockville,
    Montgomery County, Maryland
Michael W. Twitty is an author,
culinary historian, and historical
interpreter who specializes
in the agricultural and food
traditions of enslaved African
Americans. Three lines of his
family go back to ancestors
who were enslaved in colonial
Virginia before the Civil War.

School Garden

Tyrone Mangum, Hampton, Virginia
Tyrone Mangum, a graduate
student at Hampton University,
grew up around Fayetteville,
North Carolina, and attended
North Carolina Central
University. At Hampton, under
the supervision of Professor Anne
Pierce, he studied the history and
development of a 1925–1932 series
of Virginia children's songs about
the lives of garden creatures.

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