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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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Printers Row Lit Fest, 2016

Printers Row Lit Fest

Author Appearance Opportunity

Saturday June 11 and Sunday June 12, 2016
10 am until 6 pm
Printers Row Park
600 South Dearborn*
(Between Harrison and Polk)
Chicago, Illinois

Reserve via EventBrite.

Selling tips from Cynthia Clampitt

 

 

printers row fair location map

Table 217, fifth table south of Food & Dining Stage

Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance is dedicated to celebrating, exploring and preserving unique food traditions and their cultural contexts in the American Midwest. In this effort, we wish to support those who write books documenting our culinary heritage.


We will have a representative table at the Printers Row Lit Fest for the first time this year. We have requested a location near the Food and Dining stage, which is not yet confirmed.

On a first-come first-serve basis, we have available to our members an eight-foot table and two chairs to accommodate two authors for a two-hour shift. You may sell your books, though collection and payment of any sales taxes are your responsibility.

 

On Saturday and Sunday, we have time slots for two people for:

Saturday, June 11, 2016

 

10 am until Noon

  • Carol Haddix: Chicago Cooks: 25 Years of Chicago Culinary History and Great Recipes from Les Dames D’Escoffier
  • Jenny Lewis: Midwest Sweet Baking History: Delectable Classics around Lake Michigan

Noon until 2 pm

  • Cynthia Clampitt: Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland
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  • Peggy Wolff: Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food

 

2 pm until 4 pm

  • Daniel Block & Howard Rosing: Chicago: A Food Biography
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  • Robert Dirks: Food in the Gilded Age: How Ordinary Americans Ate and
    Come and Get it: McDonaldization and the Disappearance of Local Food from Central Illinois

 

4 pm until 6 pm

  • Clara Orban: Illinois Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide and
    Wine Lessons: Ten Questions to Guide Your Appreciation of Wine
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  • OPEN

Sunday, June 12, 2016

 

10 am until Noon

  • OPEN
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  • OPEN

 

Noon until 2 pm

  • Robert Dirks: Food in the Gilded Age: How Ordinary Americans Ate and
    Come and Get it: McDonaldization and the Disappearance of Local Food from Central Illinois
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  • Colleen Sen: Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India and Curry: A Global History

 

2 pm until 4 pm

  • Clara Orban: Illinois Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide and Wine Lessons: Ten Questions to Guide Your Appreciation of Wine
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  • Kathleen Kennedy: Priceless Weddings for Under $5000.

 

4 pm until 6 pm

  • Clara Orban: Illinois Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide and Wine Lessons: Ten Questions to Guide Your Appreciation of Wine
  •  
  • OPEN

 

It is suggested authors arrive 15 minutes before your shift. Bathrooms are not conveniently located, so you may want to address this before settling in. We are in the open air street environment with no canopies allowed, you may want to bring an umbrella and apply sunscreen. We will provide a clear plastic sheet for the table, if it happens to rain.

Your registration is your annual members fee of $35. You may initiate or renew your membership when signing up for a time slot. If you are already a fully paid member, we will reimburse your fee and keep your time slot.

Memberships are non-refundable. Any cancelled author appearance reservation will go to whomever is next on the waiting list.  Any questions, please call 312/380-1665 or e-mail: [email protected]