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SUMMARY:The Foods\, People\, and Innovations That Feed Us
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DESCRIPTION:Step into the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum
  of American History with Paula Johnson as she discusses the book "Smithso
 nian American Table: The Foods\, People\, and Innovations That Feed Us.".\
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Virtually step into the Smithsonian Instit
 ution&rsquo\;s National Museum of American History with Curator Paula John
 son as she discusses the book&nbsp\;<em>Smithsonian American Table: The Fo
 ods\, People\, and Innovations That Feed Us</em>.</p>\n<p><em>American Tab
 le</em>&nbsp\;is a sweeping history of food and culture that summons every
 one to the table for a fresh look at some of the people\, ingredients\, ev
 ents\, and movements that have shaped how and what we eat.</p>\n<p>Johnson
 \, curator and project director of the American Food History Project\, wil
 l discuss several stories featured in the volume\, with an emphasis on tho
 se that intersect most directly with the Smithsonian&rsquo\;s research\, c
 ollecting\, and programming around food history.</p>\n<p>During this event
 \, Johnson will engage viewers in discovering the connections between food
  and American history:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>How immigration and migration have s
 haped (and continue to shape) American tables</li>\n<li>How food companies
  have influenced home cooks through advertising\, from Jell-O salads to Cr
 ock-pots</li>\n<li>How individuals from Brownie Wise to James Beard and Ju
 lia Child inspired generations of cooks and eaters across the United State
 s</li>\n<li>And show viewers how uniting in the kitchen can change the sha
 pe of our collective futures\, specifically highlighting growers and chefs
  who are reclaiming and reinventing regional and cultural traditions\, inc
 luding Indigenous ingredients and cooking techniques.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Afte
 r this enlightening\, enriching\, and entertaining webinar\, you can cook 
 your way through the recipes that are featured in the volume that reflect 
 American history and culture.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Hungry for more? Register now!
 </p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>About the Spea
 ker</strong></span></p>\n<p>Paula Johnson&nbsp\;is a Curator in the Divisi
 on of Work and Industry at the&nbsp\;Smithsonian&rsquo\;s National Museum 
 of American History and is responsible for strengthening and maintaining t
 he food history and marine resources collections. She is also the Project 
 Director for the Smithsonian's multi-faceted American Food History Project
  and director and co-curator for the exhibition\,&nbsp\;<em>FOOD: Transfor
 ming the American Table</em>\, which opened in 2012\; a refresh of the exh
 ibition 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 develo
 ped the exhibition&nbsp\;<em>Bon Appetit! Julia Child&rsquo\;s Kitchen at 
 the Smithsonian</em>\, on view from 2002 to 2012. Over more than three dec
 ades at the Smithsonian\, Johnson has collected a wide range of artifacts 
 and archives reflecting the work and experiences of diverse Americans and 
 communities.</p>\n<p>Johnson has published books and articles on the Chesa
 peake Bay\, maritime communities\, and material culture\, and has lectured
  widely on these and topics related to American food and wine history\, fi
 eld research\, oral history recording\, and community-based documentation.
  She is an inaugural member of the editorial collective for&nbsp\;<em>Gast
 ronomica: The Journal for Food History</em>&nbsp\;and received the 2020 Sm
 ithsonian Distinguished Scholar in the Humanities Award. Johnson is workin
 g on a book about Julia Child&rsquo\;s home kitchen for publication in Fal
 l 2024.</p>\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/10373012
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