Short Takes on what the World Eats
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The Neptune Theatre
Tues., Feb. 7, 2012 | 7 pm
Join the Burke Museum at the Neptune Theatre for an evening of fast-paced food talks. Ten food experts from UW and beyond will have six minutes and 20 slides to present topics ranging from what humans ate 10,000 years ago and the power of women farmers to eating bugs and slugs.
Tickets: $5 at the door; $4 online at stgpresents.org (additional fees apply).
Presenters
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10,000 Years of Leftovers: The Archaeology of Food and Drink, Dr. Jennie Shaw, SWCA Environmental Consultants
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Recovering Northwest Coastal Indian Food Traditions, Elise Krohn, Northwest Indian College Cooperative Extension
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A Short History of the Potato in Washington State, Jacqueline B. Williams, author of Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on the Oregon Trail and, The Way We Ate: Pacific Northwest Cooking, 1843–1900
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Wild Food Foraging in the City, Dr. Melissa Poe, Institute for Culture and Ecology
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Adventures in Entomophagy, or “Waiter, There’s no Fly in my Soup,” David George Gordon, author of The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook
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Why We Eat What We Eat, Dr. Ilene L. Bernstein, UW Department of Psychology
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The UW Farm: Growing Conscientious Eaters and Farmers, Julia Anne Reed, UW Student Farm
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Fighting Hunger by Supporting Women Farmers in the Developing World, Haven D. Ley, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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The Anatomy of a Dumpster: Food, Waste, and Abject Capital, David Boarder Giles, Doctoral Candidate, UW Department of Anthropology
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Telling the Bees: How Bees went from Gods to Slaves, Bob Redmond, Beekeeper
Lineup subject to change.
“Short Takes” is produced in conjunction with Seattle Theatre Group with support from the Boeing Employees Credit Union.
