Chicago Foodways: How Civil War Changed Food in America, 4/9

Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Food Revolution: How the Civil War Changed Food in America
Presented by
Bruce Kraig, PhD

Saturday, April 9, 2010
Please arrive early, program begins promptly 11 AM
Lake County Discovery Museum
27277 N. Forest Preserve Rd, Wauconda, Illinois
located in Lakewood Forest Preserve
Corner of Route 176 and Fairfield Road
(entrance west of this intersection on 176)

Cost: $7 for Lake County residents OR $9 for non-Lake County residents
Register required by Lake County Discovery Museum at 847-968-3321 or http://www.lcfpd.org/html_lc/150years/programs.html to register.

How many people know that what we eat today, what we buy in our supermarkets, is the result of a war fought 150 years ago? War is always a catalyst for change, and of all American wars, none changed the country more than the Civil War. The North won the war because it produced more food (and arms) and organized its distribution better than the South. The ultimate result of all this was massive changes in the way that Americans grew, shipped, and processed food – and, of course, in what they ate.
Join Dr. Bruce Kraig, Professor Emeritus in History and Humanities at Roosevelt University and President of the Culinary Historians of Chicago, as he explains how what we eat today is a direct result of events that unfolded 150 years ago.
If you have any questions, then please either phone 847/432-8255 or e-mail chicago.foodways.roundtable@gmail.com.


Civil War High Tech Exhibition, February 5 to August 21, 2011

The Lake County Discovery Museum commemorates the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. Civil War High Tech explores how the American Civil War affected technology and how technology aided the Union in winning the war. Learn about Civil War submarines, reconnaissance balloons, ironclad ships, and railroads in this interactive family exhibition.

Thanks for the tip about the museum exhibit, Cathy2. That's a lovely little museum, and this sounds like a great topic for a display. (It's also a nice bookend to Andy's presentation.)

Hi,

The museum was hoping to have Andy, but the timing didn't work out. Bruce will introduce some of Andy's thoughts as well as his considerable research on the topic.

There is enough to do for the Great Depression symposium, when I heard about this I quickly latched on for a Roundtable program.

Regards,

Bummer. It looks like I'll miss both presentations. I've got Baconfest on April 9, so I miss Bruce, and I'm doing a presentation on a different food/war connection (Rum and the American Revolution) on March 26th.

So many things going on!

Good thing we have the WBEZ option -- I'll look forward to Andy's presentation there, since I've had to cancel this Saturday.