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Why are foodways important?
Foodways is the study of what people eat and why. Why we procure, prepare and serve the food we do has cultural, sociological, geographical, financial and political influences.
Why is recognition of diverse foodways valuable?
Preserving our past and present for the future by research, documentation and oral histories. It is culinary anthropology on the hoof, paw, root and leaf.
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September 20, 21 and 22 - Save the Date!
Kendall College of Culinary Arts
Chicago, Illinois
Heirloom Recipe Competition, 2013
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Recipes and anecdotes of our winners and competitors for prior years are available. Go to State Fairs, then select State Fair 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012.
Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance's Tea Party
Below Stairs: A Servants Life in Early 20th Century England
February 10, 2013
Road Food: Exploring the Midwest
One Bite at a Time
Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts, Chicago, Illinois
April 27, 28 & 29, 2012
Keynote speaker Michael Stern of RoadFood.com on, "Will Success Spoil Regional Food?"
Sunday Breakfast at Lou Mitchell's
Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art
Road Trip!
From Bloomington to Lincoln, IL
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Watermelon Statue in Lincoln, IL (image by Peter Engler)
Come and Get It! The way we ate, 1830-1980
By Julianne Glatz, Illinois Times, June 9, 2011
Everywhere you go is an adventure, if you keep your mind wide open and look. This day trip to Central Illinois will reveal character, history and ingenuity in the flat lands. More information is available here.
Midwest Eats!
Foodways of the Great Depression
Alas this event is now history. Fortunately our partners at Chicago Public Radio's Chicago Amplified have recorded every presentation at this symposium as well as Maxwell Street's history. These will be uploaded and available soon. While this information is not lost to the ages, by not attending you never had a chance to ask a question or taste all the delicious food. Perhaps next time?
8-cent Menu at Relief Dinner circa 1938 (Image by Peter Engler)
Crown of Frankfurters (image by Catherine Lambrecht) Recipe and assembly instructions
Chicago Public Radio's Chicago Amplified has recorded symposium hosted by the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance. These presentations are uploaded and available to listen to
Midwest Eats! The Foodways of the Great Depression
If you would like to be on our e-mail list for news, events and future competitions, send an e-mail to: GreaterMidwestFoodways@gmail.com
Learning Tour!
March 15-16, 2013 (Podcasts to follow soon)