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APR
2
2024
TUE

Non-Fiction Area (102)
Chapin Memorial Library
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

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Description: The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us — A Sweeping History of Food and Culture with Smithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson
2:00pm, Tuesday, April 2, 2024 • Adult 18+
Nonfiction Area • Registration required.

Virtually step into the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History with Curator Paula Johnson as she discusses the book Smithsonian American Table: The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us.

American Table is a sweeping history of food and culture that summons everyone to the table for a fresh look at some of the people, ingredients, events, and movements that have shaped how and what we eat.

Johnson, curator and project director of the American Food History Project, will discuss several stories featured in the volume, with an emphasis on those that intersect most directly with the Smithsonian’s research, collecting, and programming around food history.

About the Speaker:

Paula Johnson is a Curator in the Division of Work and Industry at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and is responsible for strengthening and maintaining the food history and marine resources collections. She is also the Project Director for the Smithsonian's multi-faceted American Food History Project and director and co-curator for the exhibition, FOOD: Transforming the American Table, which opened in 2012; a refresh of the exhibition was completed in 2019. As one of the curators who collected Julia Child’s home kitchen in 2001, she was also on the team that developed the exhibition Bon Appetit! Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian, on view from 2002 to 2012. Over more than three decades at the Smithsonian, Johnson has collected a wide range of artifacts and archives reflecting the work and experiences of diverse Americans and communities.

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Details: Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Program Type: Adult
Location: Non-Fiction Area (102) - Chapin Memorial Library
Registration: Reservation Required: Yes
Guest Participants: Allowed
Signup Begins: Friday, February 2 at 12:59 PM
Signup Ends: Tuesday, April 2 at 2:00 PM
Program Size: 20

Status: PAST

WATCH PARTY: VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK WITH PAULA J. JOHNSON