Monticello Blog

If only we could showcase everything! An upcoming exhibition will contain ten panels that investigate the people, buildings, and industries of Mulberry Row. Only dozens of artifacts of many thousands of artifacts recovered by the Monticello Archaeology Department will make it to the display cases. So, how do we choose?

Leni Sorensen prepares recipe an early tomato-based catsup sauce from the 1800s.

How to make peach marmalade according to Mary Randolph, who published "The Virginia House-Wife" cookbook in 1824l

Leni Sorensen, a culinary historian of national repute, prepares eggplant using an 19th-century recipe.

Leni Sorensen, our African American Research Historian and a culinary historian of national repute, has once again made this month's dish and here we include her notes and pictures.

Dancing, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “is a healthy exercise, elegant and very attractive for young people.”

Leni Sorensen, our African American Research Historian and a culinary historian of national repute, has once again made this month's dish and here we include her notes and pictures.

Leni Sorensen, our African American Research Historian and a culinary historian of national repute, has once again made this month's dish and here we include her notes and pictures.

Leni Sorensen, our African American Research Historian and a culinary historian of national repute, has once again made this month's dish and here we include her notes and pictures.