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“Recovering Food Histories with Toni Tipton-Martin and Friends”
Friday, Nov. 5, Noon–1:15 p.m. EDT
For details and registration information, please visit https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/food-history
Join in a virtual salon featuring cookbook author and Editor-in-Chief of “Cook’s Country” Toni Tipton-Martin and a panel of trailblazing women in a conversation about the importance of research and documentation in recovering historical food history narratives. Tipton-Martin, a mentor and community health advocate, will kick off the event with award-winning journalist and author A’Lelia Bundles with new perspectives on Bundles’s great-great-grandmother, Madam C.J. Walker, the noted Black entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist. Sandra Gutierrez, journalist, food historian and cookbook author, will be among the panelists joining to explore women’s roles as keepers of community histories, mentoring future generations, and offering personal and professional support to overcome challenges and barriers.
