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SUMMARY:A Culinary History of Montgomery County
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\nConnie Morella Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a historical lecture about Montgomery County told 
 through food!.\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/17120083
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Montgomery County&rsquo\;s history can be 
 told through its dining tables and every era has its stories--from a&nbsp\
 ;fortune made with an eggbeater to pre-prepared food on airplanes.&nbsp\;N
 ative Americans recognized the shores of the Potomac as a trading spot. Th
 e first European settlers farmed tobacco\, establishing slavery and eventu
 ally collapsing the county&rsquo\;s economy. The Quaker community used far
 ming technologies that became the basis of the USDA. The C&amp\;O Canal\, 
 shipping raw materials from the Ohio Valley to DC ports\, was the nation&r
 squo\;s first significant infrastructure project. The county's farms and f
 ood were weapons in the Civil War when the county straddled the Union and 
 Confederate causes. During and after the World Wars\, the county was a cen
 ter for federal food and agriculture programs\, and its businesses were in
 strumental in the shift from local food to an international food supply ch
 ain.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Authors Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen Letourneau tell th
 e story of the county&rsquo\;s agricultural history through food and recip
 es in this presentation. Claudia Kousoulas worked as a planner in Montgome
 ry County for more than 20 years. She is also a freelance writer whose wor
 k covers architecture\, design\, cooking\, and culinary history.&nbsp\;</p
 >\n<p>Ellen Letourneau is an event planner creating festivals\, dinners\, 
 photo safaris\, fundraisers and other happenings to help non-profits expan
 d their outreach and people to celebrate life. She is also an amateur weav
 er and bread maker.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Co-sponsored by Bethesda Historical Soc
 iety\, BMAV and Connie Morella Library. Free and open to the public.</p>\n
 <p>Questions about this program? Contact the Connie Morella Library at 240
 -777-0970.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now? No worries! Find ou
 t how to&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/montgomery-coun
 ty-public-libraries/get-library-card">Get a Library Card</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n
 <p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong>&nbsp\;<br />Please&nbsp\;place 
 your request for <a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/montgomery-co
 unty-public-libraries/accessibility-inclusion-library">English-language ca
 ptioning or sign language interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least five days befo
 re the library-sponsored program you plan to attend. Contact the Assistant
  Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all oth
 er accommodation requests.</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/17120083
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