Episode 184: Meet Leni Sorensen

This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, Todd Schulkin welcomes Leni Sorensen, the former African American Research Historian at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, who now writes and lectures on food history and teaches rural life skills from her farm in Virginia. They discuss African American contributions to American food, how being a farmer informs Leni’s approach to culinary history and the future of rural life. Plus, as always, Leni shares a Julia Moment. (Photo: Sera Petras Photography)

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