Calendar of Events

LIZ WILLIAMS’ BIO Liz Williams founded the Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB) and its Research Center. SoFAB is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Liz has authored six books about food and culture, especially New Orleans food culture.  She has taught Food Studies and New York University and Dillard University. Her podcast, “Tip of… Read More »How the Food of Southern Louisiana Became as Different and as Interesting as Italian Food. Is there a true Southern Louisiana Cuisine?

Don Lindgren BIO Don Lindgren is an antiquarian bookseller focused on printed and manuscript cookery. His bookselling business, Rabelais Inc., acquires, researches, and sells rare books, manuscripts, ephemera, and other materials related to culinary history. Clients for books and for services such as appraisals and collection development include private collectors, food professionals, and research institutions… Read More »The American Community Cookbook: Eccentric and Yet Powerful

Speaker: Helen Zoe Veit, Michigan State University SPEAKER’S BIO Helen Zoe Veit is a historian of American food specializing in the 19th and 20th centuries. An associate professor of history at Michigan State University, she is the author of the forthcoming book, Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History and Why It… Read More »How American Children Became the Pickiest Eaters in History