Did you know that November is National stuffing month? Georgia Gilmore had been a renowned Montgomery, Alabama cook. When the bus boycott started in 1955, Gilmore testified in court in support of it and her employer, the National Lunch Company where she worked as a cook, fired her. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), knew from personal experience that she could cook. He both encouraged her and gave her the capital necessary start a catering business and restaurant out of her home. Gilmore had both black and white customers and folks from all walks of life who came to love her stuffed pork chops, stuffed peppers and a multitude of her other signature dishes. Anytime VIP’s came to town King would bring them to Gilmore’s restaurant for a meal. In addition MLK would often retreat there to a get a good and safe home cooked meal.
