Priscilla Ferguson
Why do we talk about food so much? Priscilla Ferguson's new book, Word of Mouth, explores the ways food allows us to come to terms with and make our place in the ever-shifting food world of the 21st century, reconciling pain and pleasure, tradition and innovation, routine and creativity, individual desire and collective responsibility.
Priscilla Ferguson has a PhD from the Department of French at Columbia, and is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Columbia. Her previous books include Paris as Revolution: Reading the 19th-Century City and Accounting for Taste: The Triumph of French Cuisine.
Partial support for this event provided by Air France
Following the talk, Culinary Historians of New York will present its Amelia Award for excellence in the field of culinary history to Nahum (‘Nach’) Waxman, founder of the world renowned gastronomic bookstore, Kitchen Arts and Letters, in Manhattan.”
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