A celebration of America’s 250th birthday “Founding Foods. The Formation of the American Cultural Identity” is set in the historic Fraunces Tavern Museum in lower Manhattan. We will host a slate of historians and speakers in two, 2-hour sessions over the course of the day who will share their expertise on a variety of food and culinary topics relevant at the time of our nation’s birth.
Among others, speakers will include Karima Moyer-Nocchi and Ramin Ganeshram sharing the stories of the enslaved chefs Hercules Posey and James Hemings, and Russell Fielding addressing the social and geographical context of American food. Other subjects will cover the Tavern’s history, Amelia Simmons (widely acknowledged to be the author of this country’s first cookbook), barbecue and more.
In addition, light food and drinks will be offered in keeping with the themes of the day. Tickets will be available for purchase from Fraunces Tavern Museum in mid-August. Note that, due to space restrictions at the tavern, the event will consist of two sessions with a break in between (separate subject matter and speakers will be presented in each).
This year also happens to be the Culinary Historians of New York’s 40th anniversary!! So, we hope you will join us in honoring the many wonderful years of events, scholarship, grants and awards, partnerships, friendships and more that have been born out of our members’ and audiences’ love for, and celebration of, the endless and diverse ways that food has shaped us, our world, and our culinary history. May there be many more years to come of extraordinary, shared culinary experiences.
Colonial era beverages created by Corin Hirsch who will be one of our speakers.
