In the late 18th Century, Philadelphia was a city of high-end cuisine; however, few know that many of its culinary masters were of African descent like Hercules Posey.

Known as "the General's cook," Hercules Posey ran the kitchen, even as he was enslaved.

In the late 1700s, George Washington’s chef was the enslaved Black man Hercules Posey, who has largely been lost to history. But a group of historians is trying to bring his story to light, and show ...

Ramin Ganeshram, of the Westport Museum for History and Culture in Connecticut, will discuss the life of the enslaved chef of George Washington.

Black History Month Meet Hercules Posey, the founding foodie Today's Black History Month tribute, courtesy of Judge Derek Mosley, introduces you to Hercules Posey, the head cook to George Washington.

A portrait long thought to be of George Washington’s enslaved chef, who cooked for the former president at Mount Vernon and Philadelphia before escaping, is actually not of Hercules, and isn’t ...

Known until 2018 only as Hercules, or as “Uncle Harkless” – a diminishing nickname that surely rankled – Posey would have directed the meal that was served on that Thanksgiving holiday.

A silhouette of Hercules Posey created for Mount Vernon’s “Lives Bound Together” exhibit using a description of the cook written by George Washington’s step-grandson. Sally Wern Comport ...

Experts who gathered in 2017 at Mount Vernon, Washington’s Virginia plantation, unanimously agree the 18th-century portrait believed to be of Hercules wearing a chef’s toque is not actually of ...

Instead, the quest led her to documents about a “Hercules Posey.” Posey is the surname of a previous owner of Washington’ chef.