Culinary Historians: American Tuna & Drinking, Nov 17

Culinary Historians of Chicago

American Tuna--and Drinking
A Doubleheader
Presented by
Andrew Smith
Food Scholar, Editor and Author

Saturday, November 17
10 a.m. to Noon
at
Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts
900 N. North Branch St., Chicago
(Located just north of W. Chicago Ave. and N. Halsted St.)
FREE PARKING

Andy Smith, one of our nation’s most eminent food historians has so much information to dish out, that he’s going to give us a two-subject lecture, based on his latest books: American Tuna—the Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food, and Drinking History: 15 Turning Points in the Making of an American Beverages.

Regarding tuna, he asks how does a fish move from being sold primarily as a fertilizer to becoming one of the most commonly consumed fish in the country in a matter of a decade? And how does a cheap fish become haute cuisine? And how does a fish become embroiled in U.S. foreign policy, immigration and environmental politics, and American dietary trends? He will also tell how the American tuna industry was decimated by concerns about toxic levels of methylmercury, and over-harvesting.

Offering a chaser to that talk, Mr. Smith discuss why Americans drink what we drink; how beverages– alcoholic and non-alcoholic-- have changed American history and how Americans have invented, adopted, modified, and commercialized tens of thousands of beverages.

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Andy Smith teaches Food Studies at the New School University in New York. He is the editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, and has edited or authored more than 20 books and his written more than 1000 articles on culinary topics. In addition Mr. Smith conducts acclaimed food writing conferences in New York City.

(He will be conducting a food writing workshop immediately following the Culinary Historians Program. For more information, see separate announcement.)

Cost of the lecture program is $5, $3 for students
and no charge for CHC members and Kendall students and faculty.
To reserve, please e-mail your reservation to: Culinary.Historians@gmail.com.

Hi,

I am borrowing ideas from the tuna fish sandwich thread on Cooking and Shopping.

If you can make it, please do!

Regards,

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American Tuna… and Drinking: A Doubleheader
November 17, 2012