Good Things to Eat As Suggested By Rufus
by Rufus Estes
Chapter 1 of 20 Foreword, Sketch of My Life, Hints for Kitchen Maids, Weights & Measures
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- Running time
- 6 h 12 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Alys AtteWater, Betsie Bush, Catherine Fitz, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Dr. Pamela Russ and 7 others
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About this recording
Rufus Estes was born a slave in 1857 in Tennessee, and experienced first hand the turmoil of the Civil War. He began working in a Nashville restaurant at the age of 16, and in 1883 took up employment as a Pullman cook. In 1897, he was hired as principal chef for the private railway car of U.S. Steel magnates (the fin-de-siecle equivalent of today's Lear Jets for corporate travel). There he served succulent fare for the rich and famous at the turn of the 20th century. (Summary by Denny Sayers)