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Chefs Prepare Foods Adored by George Washington

Chef Walter Staib, the Emmy award-winning host of PBS’s “A Taste of History” and chef of City Tavern in Philadelphia, will sign books and DVDs in the gift shop throughout the three-day weekend. (KJ Mushung/PotomacLocal.com)

By KJ Mushung

Mount Vernon, Va. -- Historic Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, is celebrating the birthday of the nation’s first president by focusing on the foods he ate and how they were prepared, 18th century style.

Ever wonder how households with many visitors, most unexpected due to lack of advanced communication, cooked for more people than one typically sees at Thanksgiving dinner without a refrigerator, microwave or running water? Mount Vernon’s new exhibit, “Hoecakes and Hospitality,” will show you. But there will be so much more than just displays of centuries-old cooking utensils, although there will be plenty of those as well.

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