Cuisine and empire they talk about how culinary practices developed, as well as the evolution of modern process food. Was hosted by the American Historical Association at their annual meeting. It is about 90 minutes. I am the curator of philanthropy at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Recently, i was an associate at the National History center. We have here the director and assistant director. This roundtable is on Rachel Laudans book, cuisine and and history. Is focusing on an issue that is of great Public Interest today. Food is attracting attention in a variety of ways. People with disposable incomes cook and eat not nearly for sustenance but for cultural projects. They try the latest restaurants, recipes, learn about new coup scenes, and generally approach with deliberation. A new term has been coined for odies. Fo chefs are celebrities. Some have even created philanthropic foundations, generally addressing hunger which persists in the face of bounty. Along with hunger,
Cuisine and empire they talk about how culinary practices developed, as well as the evolution of modern process food. Was hosted by the American Historical Association at their annual meeting. It is about 90 minutes. I am the curator of philanthropy at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Recently, i was an associate at the National History center. We have here the director and assistant director. This roundtable is on Rachel Laudans book, cuisine and and history. Is focusing on an issue that is of great Public Interest today. Food is attracting attention in a variety of ways. People with disposable incomes cook and eat not nearly for sustenance but for cultural projects. They try the latest restaurants, recipes, learn about new coup scenes, and generally approach with deliberation. A new term has been coined for odies. Fo chefs are celebrities. Some have even created philanthropic foundations, generally addressing hunger which persists in the face of bounty. Along with hunger,
This roundtable is on Rachel Laudans book, cuisine and empire. Why are we discussing this book . To bring history and Historical Perspective into broader public and policy conversations. This panel does that by focusing on an issue that is of great Public Interest today. Food is attracting attention in a variety of ways. People with disposable incomes cook and eat not only for sustenance, but for cultural projects. They ardently try the latest restaurants, experiment with new ingredients and recipes, learn about new cuisine, and approach mealtime with a deliberate appreciation. So much so, a new term has been coined to refer to them, foodies. Chefs have become celebrities. Some have even achieved sufficient wealth and public profile that they have created philanthropic organizations, generally addressing hunger which persists. Along with hunger, there are other related social ills like poor nutrition to obesity. Policymakers debate and pursue responses to the consumption of too little,
I mean, the klan is not avoiding it. Right . The extreme right wing is not avoiding the coming demographic changes in the country, but the liberal establishment avoids it and the left avoids it as well. And i think there are theyre afraid to poke the bear, afraid to say this is the big deal. This country is going to change. Theyre afraid to talk about race and in relationship to what it means to be american or american identity or american exceptionalism. So, theres a lot of denial and avoidance, and i think we have to stop that. We have to find a way to talk about it and thats why i think philosophers can make a contribution despite the fact were not social scientists but we can help provide concepts in a way to talk about what whiteness is, thats realistic, neither naive. Host youre wearing a Bernie Sanders button but you saw the left, including Bernie Sanders, is avoiding the topic. Can you give examples how theyre avoiding the topic. Guest yes. Bernie is actually one of the ones wh
Hillarys slogan, is similarly problemat ying. When was the United States ever whole . Host why do you think Bernie Sanders faced so much backlash from the black lives matter group when he said, all lives matter . Guest well, he didnt really issue in that slogan. It was initiated by some people after the black lives matter hash tag got circulated. So he said it in one speech. But i think he has an understanding and he has had it consistently through his senate career, that we have particular challenges to the valuing and the equality of black and brown bodies in the United States, and native americans as well. So, we have of course, all lives matter but we need to redress the particular obstacles that some of our citizens and other People Living in this space faced in just daytoday survival. Host the book is called the future of whiteness. The author is professor of philosophy, linda alcoff, and mike is in new york city, calling in. Mike . Good afternoon. Caller good afternoon. Id like