Carson Gulley

Carson Gulley (Arkansas, 1897-1962) was head chef at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Van Hise refectory from about 1927 to 1954. He is credited with introducing the fudge-bottom pie to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, although a fudge-bottom pie of somewhat different recipe was introduced at the Memorial Union around 1945 by Lewis Marson and Maurice Combs. The refectory where he once served as head chef is now known as Carson Gulley Commons[1]. George Washington Carver referred to him as "an artist."

Gulley had his own cooking show on local television station WMTV, and led the Madison branch of the NAACP. Having failed for many years to buy a house in Madison, he made an emotional appeal to the Madison City Council's Committee on Human Rights. This partly led to the Fair Housing Ordinance.

References

• The Life of Pie, Micheael Penn, On Wisconsin, Spring, 2006, pp. 40-43
• A Place in Black History, Wisconsin State Journal, February 5, 2006 (Accessed November 25, 2009).

External links

• Fudge-bottom pie taste test
• The Carson Gulley Cookbook Collection

Bibliography

• Seasoning Secrets, 1949; revised 1956