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BEEF
From the Great Plains and
Stockyards to our Plates
Fall 2008
Charter Member Meeting
September 2008
STAY TUNED
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Camp
Chicago: An Up South Expedition
Southern Foodways Alliance in Chicago
May 23-25, 2008
For more info, visit www.southernfoodways.com
Follow blues scholar Scott Barretta along Highway 61. Dish Chicago
culinary history with Bruce Kraig, the Horace of hot dogs. Feast at West
Town Tavern as Susan Goss pays homage to Edna Stewart and other old guard
Chicago soul cooks. Take a bite out of a Mother-In-Law. Get the blues with
Jimmy Burns at The Hideout. Shop the Maxwell Street Market. Wolf a catfish
sandwich. Get in the swim at an aquarium barbecue pit. And more. Lots
more.
Camp Chicago is an SFA day camp. What’s that mean? Pack your bags for an
adventure. We provide some programming, and you explore a bit on your own.
This event is held in concert with Living Blues magazine’s symposium,
Blues and the Spirit: A Symposium on the Legacy of Blues and Gospel Music.
Coconspirators also include the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance and the
LTH Forum.
Registration is just $85, and includes Saturday morning presentations,
lunch at West Town Tavern, and catfish-n-blues at The Hideout on Saturday
night.
For an additional fee, guests have the option of going on a Chicago
X’Cursion. These mini-tours, guided by local folks who know their city
best, will showcase the South in Chicago (Up South) and still get you to
lunch on time.
--Southside BBQ – Sample ‘cue with SFA members Elizabeth Karmel, a
North Carolina native turned long-time Chicagoan, and Charla Draper, a
Chicago native now residing in Alabama. Check out Lem’s ribs and
Harold’s chicken wings before chancing to win some sweets at our
carnival cakewalk. Transportation provided. ($55).
--Chicago Bourbon – Chuck Cowdery, author of Bourbon, Straight, will be
your guide to the taste of Kentucky in Illinois. Toast the connections
between the South and Chicago’s entrepreneurial wealth with pours by
Mike Miller at Delilah’s. Transportation’s up to you, but the El will
get you there. ($55)
--Mother-in-Law Sandwiches – Hike through Chicago with LTH forum leader
(and mouse geneticist) Peter Engler, in search of M.I.L.’s – think
tamales in a hot dog bun. Visit a tamale factory, and learn how these
Delta treats arrived to the Windy City. Transportation provided. ($45)
--Soul Food – Donna Pierce, writer and editor at The Chicago Tribune and
former SFA board member, will lead you to Edna’s Soul Food for a plate
full of Chicago’s civil rights history, as well as a few delicious bites
of macaroni and cheese. Transportation’s your own, but the bus will take
you straight there. ($45)
REGISTER EARLY. Forms available at www.southernfoodways.com
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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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