Just What is American Food? Cookbooks and American Cultural Identity

Event Details

When
11/13/2006 - 6:30pm
Where
Wood River Public Library
326 E Ferguson Ave
Wood River, IL, 62095-2004
United States
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County: 
Madison
Fee: 
Free. Open to the Public.
Sponsor Organization: 
Friends of the Wood River Public Library
Where
Wood River Public Library
326 E Ferguson Ave
Wood River, IL, 62095-2004
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Madison
Fee: 
Free. Open to the Public.
Sponsor Organization: 
Friends of the Wood River Public Library
A Road Scholar program by Penelope Bingham

This presentation looks at patterns of immigration to the United States in the 20th century and how the integration of new groups of immigrants into American society is reflected in our cookbooks and food preferences. At what point did pizza become as American as apple pie? Is our identity as Americans changed now that salsa outsells ketchup? This presentation involves audience participation. It invites the audience to think about the ways in which what we cook and eat influences our identity as Americans, and about the ways our changing demographics change what we eat.

For more information contact Carolyn Winnett, President of the Library, 618.259.1648.