Culinary Historians New York City Markets 1790-1860, 1/26/12

Culinary Historians of New York
in partnership with Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
present

FEEDING GOTHAM: NEW YORK CITY MARKETS, 1790–1860
with Gergely Baics
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
417 East 61st Street

6:30 PM Check-in and Reception | 7:00 PM Lecture

The vitality of all cities depends on their food supply, a telling gauge of living standards. In the late 18th century, markets were part of virtually every New York City residential neighborhood, and access to fresh meat was abundant. As the city exploded from a compact colonial town south of what is now Canal Street to an expansive metropolis, its markets changed, in structure and location, altering household consumption and transforming daily social interactions in public spaces. By the middle of the 19th century, New Yorkers’ access to fresh meat was linked to class and ethnicity—presaging some of today’s “food deserts.”
Join us as Gergely Baics explores how public markets, city policy, and seasonality influenced food provisioning and urban growth. The reception will feature a tasting of dishes made from period recipes.

Gergely Baics is an Assistant Professor of History and Urban Studies at Barnard and Columbia. An economic historian, his interests include modern urban history, 19th-century American social and economic history, trans-Atlantic population and migration histories, and social science history methods.


Location:
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
417 E. 61st Street (between 1st Avenue and York)
New York, New York 10065
http://www.mvhm.org/
Time:
6:30 pm Check-in and reception | 7:00 pm Lecture
Fee:
$40 Non-Members and Guests |$25 CHNY and MVHM Members | $22 CHNY and MVHM Senior & Student Members

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