Sarah Lohman on America’s vanishing foods

Around the world, thousands of foods and food traditions have been lost or are in danger of becoming lost. The Ark of Taste—part of Slow Food International—has been documenting many of these since the late 1990s. And one need not travel to the remote ends of the world to discover endangered foods. Food historian and author Sarah Lohman takes a look at some of the endangered foods and food traditions here in America, foods such as such as Carolina African Runner Peanuts and Coachella Valley Dates. She will talk about these and other endangered foods to discuss their backstory, what threats they face, and how we can try to preserve them.

Sarah Lohman is an American historian, specializing in the history of food and is, in her own words, a historic gastronomist. She is the author of the book Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine and numerous articles in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, as well features as on All Things Considered, CNN, Gimlet Media, and NHK Japan. Sarah is also a frequent lecturer and a columnist at Gastro Obscura.

She is based in Las Vegas where she is cohost of the Las Vegas City Cast podcast.

Sarah’s new book, published by WW Norton & Son, is Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods.