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Description
Making Election Day a state holiday in 18th century Connecticut was a revolution. So was making Election Cake to celebrate it in the 19th century. Through the fiction of Harriet Beecher Stowe, journals of Thoreau, sermons of Ezra Stiles, petitions by Black citizens, period cookbooks, diaries, magazines, and memoirs, food historian Dr. Linda Civitello will examine what voting and Connecticut’s famous cake meant to early voters, and how it is more relevant than ever in this election year.
She holds a PhD in History, UCLA; author, Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight That Revolutionized Cooking, named one of the Ten Best Food Books of 2017 by the Smithsonian Magazine; Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People, winner of the Gourmand Award for Best Food History Book in English (U.S.). Dr. Civitello has taught history of food at a number of culinary schools, and writes the Food History column for Edible Los Angeles magazine. She is a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to the history of food.
Date & Time
Sat, Oct 5, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Details
New Haven Museum
114 Whitney AvenueNew Haven, Connecticut 06510
