Winter Words: The Art of Food Writing co-sponsored by Aspen Words and the Food & Society Program
Join for an evening with four stars of the culinary world who will discuss how food writing illuminates culture and history, providing a sense of home and place in a visceral, sensual way. Featured panelists include
Padma Lakshmi (“LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT WE ATE”),
Ronni Lundy (“VICTUALS: AN APPALACHIAN JOURNEY, WITH RECIPES”) and
Toni Tipton-Martin (“JUBILEE: RECIPES FROM TWO CENTURIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COOKING”).
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Individual event registration – $10
Season Supporter pass – $275
+ a book bundle of three self-selected titles from this year’s lineup
+ a tax-deductible donation to Aspen Words
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Picture the last great meal you ate: Which foods are on the plate and what do they look like, smell like, taste like, feel like on the tongue? Are you eating alone or with others and on what occasion? What does the experience say about this moment in your life? No matter how you might answer these questions, others will likely be able to relate.
“We all eat, and food is such a personal and revealing thing about our comfort,” explains Aspen Words executive director Adrienne Brodeur. “It’s so fundamental to who we are, and it tells so much about us, too.”
In 1866, Malinda Russell self-published
A Domestic Cookbook: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen. The book holds the distinction of being the first known, cookbook published by an African American, and the first book to offer culinary advice by an African-American woman (
The House Servant’s Directory by Robert Roberts and
Never Let People Be Kept Waiting, a hotel management textbook by Tunis G. Campbell, precede it). But it’s remarkable for other reasons, too. Russell published it as a free woman living in Paw Paw, Michigan, as a fundraising effort to return to Tennessee, where she was born and raised. As Toni Tipton-Martin describes in her 2015 book
Macaroni and cheese, plus leg of lamb: comforts in African American dining kcrw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcrw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.