Clark Wolf is the host and organizer. The panel—on food and politics—includes me, talking about my memoir, Slow Cooked, An Unexpected Life in Food Politics; Chloe Sorvino, author of Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat; Alex Prud’homme, author of Dinner With The President: Food, Politics and the History of Breaking Bread at the White House; and Tanya Holland, author of Tanya Holland’s California Soul. Free, but register here. It starts at 5:00 p.m. and lasts one hour.
by Marion Nestle
Dec
24
2008
Cookbook history: just in time for Xmas
The Economist, of all things, is getting serious about Food Studies. It has a lovely history of cookbooks in its current issue, accompanied by a wonderful illustration. The writer is anonymous, of course (I will never understand why The Economist doesn’t let its writers sign their articles–most annoying). Cookbooks, says Anonymous, do more than teach how to cook. They tell us what’s happening in society and help us deal with life. Buy cookbooks as presents, read them, try a recipe or two, and eat the result! I can’t think of a better gift. Happy holidays to all!
And here’s an idea: if you happen to have more cookbooks or books about food than you have room for, and are looking for a wonderful and appreciative home for them, send them to the NYU Fales special collection of materials on Food and Cookery. The collection has 20,000 volumes so far, thousands of pamphlets, and a rapidly growing collection of papers from food professionals.