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From Taco Trucks to Alta Cocina Mexicana: Reimagining Mexican Foodways

Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) 680 California Ave, Irvine, CA, United States

Community Seed-to-Plate Workshops presents: From Taco Trucks to Alta Cocina Mexicana:  Reimagining Mexican Foodways Participate in a discussion and cooking class with Jaime Maldonado from La Victoria in San Francisco. Part 1. Related Event: Food Matters Lecture (SBSG 1517) 12:00  – 1:30 p.m.  Chef Roger Feely and Jaime Maldonado present for the Food Matters lecture series on: Fusing Palates [...]

$10

La Otra Frontera: Farmworker Food Security Within the Northern Borderlands

UCI Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway 1517, Bldg 214 (SBSG 1517) Pereira Dr., Irvine, CA, United States

As part of the "Food Matters: Perspectives on What's Cooking" series, Teresa Mares, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Vermont will be joining us to discuss key issues farm workers deal with in the US Northern border states. Dr. Mares' research focuses on the intersection of food and migration studies, and she is particularly interested in the [...]

Free

To Live and Dine in L.A.: Menus and the Making of the Modern City

    Professor Kun will discuss his work with the historic menu collection of the Los Angeles Public Library, a living repository of meals past and an archive of urban eating that tells us about the changing role of food in the city. Treating the menus as "urban texts," Kun reads dishes, restaurant history, and [...]

Tracing the Los Angeles Food Justice Movement

Social Behavioral Science Gateway (SBSG) #1517 Pereira Drive, Irvine, CA, United States

In this talk Dr. Hanna Garth will trace the development of the Los Angeles Food Justice Movement, from the early 2010s when policy advocates did not feel there was a cohesive movement to today’s clear food movement in the city. Drawing on ethnographic research she will trace the growth of the cohesive social movement and [...]

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