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SUMMARY:The Foods\, People\, and Innovations That Feed Us: A History of Fo
 od and Culture
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DESCRIPTION:Virtually step into the Smithsonian Institution's National Mus
 eum of American History with Curator Paula Johnson as she discusses the bo
 ok <i>Smithsonian American Table: The Foods\, People\, and Innovations Tha
 t Feed Us</i>..\nhttps://centralarkansaslibrarysystemcals.libnet.info/even
 t/10326786
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>American Table</em>&nbsp\;is a sweepin
 g history of food and culture that summons everyone to the table for a fre
 sh look at some of the people\, ingredients\, events\, and movements that 
 have shaped how and what we eat.</p>\n<p>Johnson\, curator and project dir
 ector of the American Food History Project\, will discuss several stories 
 featured in the volume\, with an emphasis on those that intersect most dir
 ectly with the Smithsonian&rsquo\;s research\, collecting\, and programmin
 g around food history.</p>\n<p>During this event\, Johnson will engage vie
 wers in discovering the connections between food and American history:</p>
 \n<ul>\n<li>How immigration and migration has shaped (and continues to sha
 pe) American tables.</li>\n<li>How food companies have influenced home coo
 ks through advertising\, from Jell-O salads to Crock-pots.</li>\n<li>How i
 ndividuals from Brownie Wise to James Beard and Julia Child inspired gener
 ations of cooks and eaters across the United States.</li>\n<li>And show vi
 ewers how uniting in the kitchen can change the shape of our collective fu
 tures\, specifically highlighting growers and chefs who are reclaiming and
  reinventing regional and cultural traditions\, including Indigenous ingre
 dients and cooking techniques.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After this enlightening\, e
 nriching\, and entertaining webinar\, you can cook your way through the re
 cipes that are featured in the volume that reflect American history and cu
 lture.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Hungry for more? Register now!</p>\n<p><strong>About 
 the Speaker:</strong> Paula Johnson&nbsp\;is a Curator in the Division of 
 Work and Industry at the&nbsp\;Smithsonian&rsquo\;s National Museum of Ame
 rican History and is responsible for strengthening and maintaining the foo
 d history and marine resources collections. She is also the Project Direct
 or for the Smithsonian's multi-faceted American Food History Project and d
 irector and co-curator for the exhibition\,&nbsp\;<em>FOOD: Transforming t
 he American Table</em>\, which opened in 2012\; a refresh of the exhibitio
 n was completed in 2019. As one of the curators who collected Julia Child&
 rsquo\;s home kitchen in 2001\, she was also on the team that developed th
 e exhibition&nbsp\;<em>Bon Appetit! Julia Child&rsquo\;s Kitchen</em> at t
 he Smithsonian\, on view from 2002 to 2012. Over more than three decades a
 t the Smithsonian\, Johnson has collected a wide range of artifacts and ar
 chives reflecting the work and experiences of diverse Americans and commun
 ities.</p>\n<p>Johnson has published books and articles on the Chesapeake 
 Bay\, maritime communities\, and material culture\, and has lectured widel
 y on these and topics related to American food and wine history\, field re
 search\, oral history recording\, and community-based documentation. She i
 s an inaugural member of the editorial collective for&nbsp\;<em>Gastronomi
 ca: The Journal for Food History</em>&nbsp\;and received the 2020 Smithson
 ian Distinguished Scholar in the Humanities Award. Johnson is working on a
  book about Julia Child&rsquo\;s home kitchen for publication in Fall 2024
 .</p>\nhttps://centralarkansaslibrarysystemcals.libnet.info/event/10326786
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