Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee Quotes

“In politics and in his personal life, Thomas Jefferson was a complicated man, but in one thing he was consistent: the wanted the best of everything, for himself and for his country.”
― Thomas J. Craughwell, Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America

“If derision failed, there was always the police, who were authorized to arrest a non-noble person for wearing a sword.”
― Thomas J. Craughwell, Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America