I’m speaking with Fabio Parasecoli about his new book, Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics, at the Museum of the City of New York at a session chaired by Krishnendu Ray at 6:30 pm. Information is here and the ticketing link is here. This is a preview of the museum’s forthcoming exhibit, Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate (opening September 16) and is co-presented by MOFAD (Museum of Food and Drink).
by Marion Nestle
Aug
21
2015
Weekend reading: Savor: Stories of Community, Culture & Food
Kate Harrington and Mary McIntyre. Savor: Stories of Community, Culture & Food. Edited by Adrienne Cachelin. Foreword by Gary Paul Nabhan. Available from www.savorbook.com, 2015.
Proceeds from sales of this book go to support the Glendale-Mt. View Community Learning Center where the authors work. I liked the community aspects of this book so much that I did a blurb for it.
I can’t think of a better way to build community–to bring people of diverse cultures and histories together in common cause–than to ask them to describe what they most love to eat. The Glendale Community Project has done just that and to gorgeous effect. This book should inspire anyone to dig out treasured family recipes and share them with friends, new and old.