THE NEW SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS: FOOD STUDIES

Fall 2008

NEW YORK, August 26, 2008—This fall, the New School Food Studies program presents three events exploring food writing and literature. The events are part of the school’s food studies program, a series of continuing education courses and public programs that examine the relationship between food, politics and popular culture. For more information, please visit www.newschool.edu/foodstudies.

Food Writing Forum: Gastronomica
Tuesday, September 9, 6:30 p.m.
The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, Fifth Floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program and the Food Studies Department host a reading and discussion on the leading publication Gastronomica, the Journal of Food and Culture, which seeks to encourage thoughtful reflection on the history, literature, and cultural impact of food. Featuring founding editor Darra Goldstein and contributors Sarah A. Odisheo and Arlo Crawford. Moderated by Luis Jaramillo, associate chair, the New School Writing Program.

M.F.K. Fisher: Poets of the Appetites
Monday, September 22, 6:00 p.m.
The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, Fifth Floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
In the year of the centennial of her birth, a panel of distinguished guests celebrates the life of master food writer Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher and discusses her relationships with other American food celebrities, including Julia Child, James Beard, and Alice Waters. Panelists include Amanda Hesser, New York Times editor; Judith Jones, author of The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food; and Joan Reardon, author of M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table among other books. Moderated by Andrew F. Smith, editor of the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. This event is offered in conjunction with a short course, MFK Fisher: Poet of the Appetites, beginning September 15; please visit the food studies website for more information.

Food Writing Forum: Edible Manhattan
Thursday, October 16, 6:30 p.m.
The New School, 66 West 12th Street, Room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The New School presents a reading from the inaugural issue of Edible Manhattan, a quarterly magazine that investigates the diverse food culture of Manhattan. The reading features editors Brian Halweil, Gabrielle Langholtz and Michael Harlan Turkell. Moderated by Luis Jaramillo, associate chair, the New School Writing Program.

The New School for General Studies, the founding member of The New School, has been a leader in adult education since the early twentieth century. Independent-minded scholars, including historian Charles Beard and philosopher John Dewey, founded The New School in 1919 as a place where social criticism and modern arts could flourish. From its roots in the social sciences, the school has grown to encompass hundreds of courses in a variety of disciplines, as well as lecture series, seminars and public programs. Today, the school continues to honor its mission to serve the intellectual, cultural, artistic, and professional needs and interests of adult students by offering an innovative education to a growing number of undergraduates and adult learners. For more information, please visit www.newschool.edu/generalstudies/.

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