EMIERT Invites You to Our (Round) Table
The Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) invites you to join us for our membership meeting and program, "Eating Across Cultures: Food Is Culture," Sunday, June 29,
8 AM – 12 Noon, Anaheim Convention Center, 213C. Sharing food has been a way for people of all cultures to sustain and create a mindful or emotional bond with others. Our three noted speakers will discuss the importance of food among immigrant populations as they assimilate into new homes, retain their culinary heritage and foodways and contribute to shaping new cuisines and culinary traditions. Food historian Robert W. Brower, recognized for his ground breaking work on Abby Fisher, African American author of the 1881 cookbook, "What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking, soups, pickles, preserves..," will present his current project, "Searching for Identity in Italian-American Community Cookbooks." Judy Bart Kancigor, author of "COOKING JEWISH: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family," will discuss the preservation of memories and traditions through food, along with the history and diversity of Jewish cuisine. Our third panelist, Charles Perry, food journalist, translator of "A Baghdad Cookery book : the Book of Dishes," a thirteenth-century compilation of recipes, and chair of the Culinary Historians of Southern California, will speak on "Five Centuries of Middle Eastern Food Influence in the Americas." The presentations will be followed by a discussion about the how libraries might use the theme of food and foodways to highlight collections, document local history, support community outreach and develop programming opportunities. A bibliography of multicultural children’s literature on food related topics, compiled by Doris Gebel and the Children’s Services Committee, will be available. We will conclude the meeting by introducing our dynamic new EMIERT logo and announce the winner of our logo design contest.
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