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Photo via Random House Children’s Books Armand shared with BLACK ENTERPRISE the inspiration and process behind her children’s book, “Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made A Sweet Treat ...
It's tough to be a true innovator no matter your time in history, but Chef Augustus Jackson managed to pull it off in the 1800s. Jackson, a Black man, worked in the White House as a chef under three ...
More than 170 years after his death, Augustus Jackson is remembered as an American confectionery pioneer. By Felicity Cloake The American ice cream trade is dominated by white men. Ben and Jerry.
by Keith Mallett. Crown, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-56322-9 The subject of Armand and Freeman’s collaboration, Black ice cream vendor Augustus Jackson (1808–1852), began his life in ...
Who is the father of ice cream? Another presidential chef—a free Black man from Philadelphia named Augustus Jackson—is referred to as the "father of ice cream." Though he isn't the person who ...
Augustus Jackson, known as The Father of Ice Cream, was the first person to implement salt into the ice cream-making process during the 1820s. This has since become an industry standard ...
However, this month during the current 100-degree heat index mid-summer, I want to highlight a Black man, Augustus Jackson, for his 1832 invention of modern-day ice cream. As documented at ...
In the early 19th century, a new type of ice cream style emerged in Philadelphia that was made without eggs. According to Lohman, Augustus Jackson, a free Black man who worked as a White House ...