Join Paula Johnson, Food History Curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and Rene Rodgers, Head Curator at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, on Tuesday, January 12, 7:00pm for a conversation about the power of food as a lens for exploring history. We’ll hear about the National Museum of American History’s robust food history offerings, from Julia Child’s home kitchen to programs on food justice to live cooking demonstrations that feature chefs, home cooks, and recipes from regional cuisines across the country. Find out how what’s on your plate relates to many strands of economic, political, technological, and social history!
This program, which is free to the public, is the first in the museum’s new monthly Virtual Speaker Series and part of a partnership with the Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Initiative. Future speakers in the series will include Bailey George talking about honky tonk women (February 2) and William Isom and Alona Norwood sharing the work of Black in Appalachia (March 2). |
