Edison Public Library: Learn the sweeping history of food and culture with the Smithsonian Institution’s Paula J. Johnson.

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Virtually step into the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History on Tuesday, April 2 with Curator Paula Johnson as she discusses the book Smithsonian American Table: The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us.

American Table is a sweeping history of food and culture that summons everyone to the table for a fresh look at some of the people, ingredients, events, and movements that have shaped how and what we eat. Several stories featured in the volume, with an emphasis on those that intersect most directly with the Smithsonian’s research, collecting, and programming around food history, will be discussed.

Johnson, a curator in the Division of Work and Industry at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History who also serves as the project director for the Smithsonian's American Food History Project, will also engage viewers in discovering the connections between food and American history. Topics such as how immigration and migration have shaped (and continue to shape) American tables, how food companies have influenced home cooks through advertising, and how individuals from inspired generations of cooks and eaters across the United States will be discussed.

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The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us: A Sweeping History of Food and Culture with Paula J. Johnson
(Virtual)
Tuesday, April 2
2:00-3:00pm
Zoom

Step into the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History with Paula Johnson as she discusses the book "Smithsonian American Table: The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us."

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